Sails API doesnt send all object's attributes to front end Angular app

Question

I am creating an object from my backend sails API to send to my angular front app.

The object is created like this :

   getHommeAndChevre: function (req, res) {
      // console.log(req.param("id"));
      Trophe.find({foot: req.param('id')}, function(err, trophes){
        if(!trophes) {return res.status(400).end();}
        if(trophes){
          _.each(trophes, function(trophe, index){
            User.find(trophe.id, function(err, user){
              // console.log(user);
              if (trophe.trophe == 0) {var chevre = trophe; chevre.picture = user.picture; chevre.name = user.first_name; };
              if (trophe.trophe == 1) {var homme = trophe; homme.picture = user.picture; homme.name = user.first_name;};
              if (index == trophes.length - 1)
                return res.status(200).json({chevre: chevre, homme: homme});
            });
          });
        }
      });
    }

The problem is that the objects chevre or homme I get back on the front-end don't include a picture attribute & a name attribute as I am specifying in my function here :

 if (trophe.trophe == 0) {var chevre = trophe; chevre.picture = user.picture; chevre.name = user.first_name; };
                  if (trophe.trophe == 1) {var homme = trophe; homme.picture = user.picture; homme.name = user.first_name;};

Here is the object I get back on the front end side

As you can see there is no picture and name attribute in my homme object !

What am I doing wrong here ?

Answer 1

Use <model>.findOne() if you're looking for a single record.

<model>.find() always returns an Array , so when you do User.find(trophe.id, function(err, user){} , user.first_name will be undefined . Instead, you would to use user[0].first_name .

So then you might have:

homme : {
    name : undefined
}

Which is then stringified (see sails docs ) by sending it into res.json() . At that point, it is likely removed:

sails> var trophe = {name : undefined}
undefined
sails> trophe
{ name: undefined }
sails> JSON.stringify(trophe)
'{}'
sails>