Update javascript object conditionally

Question

In my Angular component, I am defining a Javascript object such as

myObj = {
        "option": ["valid"],
        "cities": [
          "London",
          "Paris",
          "Rome"
        ],
        "routes": [{
          "section": 'option1',
          "class": true
        }],
        "def": [
          {
            "name": "name1",
            "attributes": [
              "test"
            ]
          }
        ]
      }

Now based on a condition, I want to either include or exclude the 'routes' section.

So, currently I am doing like this

if(somecondition) {
   myObj = {
        "option": ["valid"],
        "cities": [
          "London",
          "Paris",
          "Rome"
        ],
        "routes": [{
          "section": 'option1',
          "class": true
        }],
        "def": [
          {
            "name": "name1",
            "attributes": [
              "test"
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
} else {
   myObj = {
        "option": ["valid"],
        "cities": [
          "London",
          "Paris",
          "Rome"
        ],
        "def": [
          {
            "name": "name1",
            "attributes": [
              "test"
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
}     

Wanted to check if there is a better way to achieve this as this is duplication of code and as the conditions increase this would no longer be maintainable.

Answer 1

You can delete a property of an object that way :

delete myObj.routes;

or

delete myObj['routes'];

Is that what you are looking for ?

Answer 2

Try the following instead:

myObj = {
        "option": ["valid"],
        "cities": [
          "London",
          "Paris",
          "Rome"
        ],
        "def": [
          {
            "name": "name1",
            "attributes": [
              "test"
            ]
          }
        ]
      }

if(somecondition) {
   myObj.routes = [{
          "section": 'option1',
          "class": true
        }]
}   

Define the object before and add the routes based on the condition.

Answer 3

You can try below code. Here if condition is not satisfied you can simply remove routes from object. Hope it help!

 myObj = {
            "option": ["valid"],
            "cities": [
              "London",
              "Paris",
              "Rome"
            ],
            "routes": [{
              "section": 'option1',
              "class": true
            }],
            "def": [
              {
                "name": "name1",
                "attributes": [
                  "test"
                ]
              }
            ]
          };

        if(!somecondition) {
          delete myObj.routes;
        }

Answer 4

By simply adding the routes property later based on your condition

myObj = {
  "option": ["valid"],
  "cities": [
    "London",
    "Paris",
    "Rome"
  ],
  "def": [{
    "name": "name1",
    "attributes": [
      "test"
    ]
  }]
};

if(somecondition) {
   myObj.routes = [{
       "section": 'option1',
       "class": true
   }];
}