Get only dataValues from Sequelize ORM

Question

I'm using the sequelize ORM to fetch data from a PSQL DB. However, when I retrieve something, a whole bunch of data is given. The only data I want is inside 'dataValues'. Of course, I can use object.dataValues. But, is there any other good solutions?

I'm using Sequelize 4.10

Answer 1

Yes you can

Model.findAll({  raw: true,  //Other parameters }); 

would return just the data and not the model instance

Answer 2

Sequelize wraps all it's return values in a virtual object that contains meta data. If you have an object and you just want the undecorated data values, you can unwrap them like so:

Model.findById(1).then(data => {   console.log(data.get({ plain: true })); }); 

Additionally if you just want to print out the object you can use the .toJSON method.

Model.findById(1).then(data => {   console.log(data.toJSON()); });