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ViewsSend Map in express res.send
I'm working on a game with a friend and we need to send a Map with some stuff in it, but express only sends the user {} instead of the actual Map. The problem is at sending it and not the code itself, console.log'ging it does return the Map.
Code:
router.get("/list", async (req, res) => {
try {
const users = await userCollection.find();
accessedListEmbed(req);
let userData = new Map();
users.forEach((user) => userData.set(user.userName, user.status));
res.send(userData);
console.log(userData);
} catch (error) {
res.send("unknown");
}
});
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Juan Pablo Isaza
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Generally, you can only send serializable values over the network. Maps aren't serializable:
const map = new Map();
map.set('key', 'value');
console.log(JSON.stringify(map));Either send an array of arrays that can be converted into a Map on the client side, or use another data structure, like a plain object. For example:
router.get("/list", async (req, res) => {
try {
const users = await userCollection.find();
accessedListEmbed(req);
const userDataArr = [];
users.forEach((user) => {
userDataArr.push([user.userName, user.status]);
});
res.json(userDataArr); // make sure to use .json
} catch (error) {
// send JSON in the case of an error too so it can be predictably parsed
res.json({ error: error.message });
}
});
Then on the client-side:
fetch(..)
.then(res => res.json())
.then((result) => {
if ('error' in result) {
// do something with result.error and return
}
const userDataMap = new Map(result);
// ...
Or something along those lines.
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Juan Pablo Isaza
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