Specify Request/Response Modals in Nodejs + express APIs

Question

I've created an API in nodejs + express => update user API where data comes in body

router.patch('/profile', verifyAuth, updateProfile);

In updateProfile using const reqData = req.body I'm updating the reqData in user modal

data such as:

{
 firstName: string,
  lastName: string,
  gender: string,
  dateOfBirth: Date,
  email: string,
  phone: string,
}

Here phone number is my unique key so, I don't want anyone to update phone and there are many other keys as well.

Therefore I want to capture only fields which I want to update in req.body for update profile API.

Is there a way to specify request modal for APIs in express nodejs? If someone add any other keys in request it will be neglected in req.body

Answer 1

I think it will help you:) To skip the update of th phone number, you just have to skip the key "phone" in the dictionnary.

Have a nice day.

 function checkProfile(item){ return { firstName: item.firstName, lastName: item.lastName, gender: item.gender, dateOfBirth: item.dateOfBirth, email: item.email, phone: item.phone, } } const rawProfile = { firstName: "string", lastName: "string", gender: "string", dateOfBirth: new Date(), email: "string", phone: "string", additionalValue1:"xxxxxx", additionalValue2:"xxxxxx", additionalValue3:"xxxxxx", } console.log(checkProfile(rawProfile))