I need to figure out how to pass a request parameter from an express router request to a function that should return an object with the same name. The issue I'm facing is that the function is returning the parameter name instead of the object.
Upon checking, I found that the typeof the function parameter is 'object', but req.params returns a string type. How can I work around this problem?
router.get('/about/:place', (req, res) => {
// defining the object for Mombasa
Mombasa = {
"Destination": "Mombasa",
"Price": 12000,
"Likes": 0,
"Gallery": [{
"image": "https://traveldiscoverkenya.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Mombasa-2-768x499.jpg"
}, {
"image": "https://i2.wp.com/buildesign.co.ke/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/ez.jpg"
}]
};
// function to return the object based on placeName
getPlace = (placeName) => {
return placeName;
}
// attempting to send response of the entire object
res.json(getPlace(req.params.place));
});
Expected output:
{"Destination":"Mombasa","Price":12000,"Likes":0,"Gallery":[{"image":""},{"image":""}]}
Actual output:
"Mombasa"