Nested object and array destructuring

Question

I am trying to convert an object to a leaner version using destructuring.

My object includes a nested array which also contains objects, from this array I would only like a few fields.

I can do the nested object destructuring fine, and the array destructuring fine but not together?

My current try looks like this:

var data = {
    title: "title1",
    bar: "asdf",
    innerData: [
       {
        title: "inner-title1",
        foo: "asdf"
       },
       {
        title: "inner-title2",
        foo: "asdf"
       }
    ]
};

var { title, innerData: [ { title} ] } = data;

console.log(title);

for (var { title} of innerData) {
  console.log(title);
}

But get a message saying innerData is not defined.

The outcome I would like might be:

{
    title: "title1",
    innerData: [
       {
        title: "inner-title1"
       },
       {
        title: "inner-title2"
       }
    ]
};

Answer 1

You can adjust the variable name to an identifier other than defined innerData ; use .map() or JSON.stringify(), JSON.parse() to filter title property from innerData objects

var {title, titles = data.innerData.map(o => ({title:o.title}))} = data;

to maintain innerData variable name you can use array destructuring of object

var [title, innerData] = [data.title, data.innerData.map(o => ({title:o.title}))];

using JSON.stringify(), JSON.parse()

var [title, innerData] = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify([data.title, data.innerData], ["title"]));

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Edit

If requirement is to create an array containing all title properties within data you can use JSON.stringify() with replacer array set to ["title"], JSON.parse(), spread element

var data = {
    title: "title1",
    bar: "asdf",
    innerData: [
       {
        title: "inner-title1",
        foo: "asdf"
       },
       {
        title: "inner-title2",
        foo: "asdf"
       }
    ]
};

var innerData = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify([data, ...data.innerData], ["title"]))
                                                                      
console.log(innerData);

Answer 2

Your destructuring doesn't do what you think.

var { title, innerData: [ { title} ] } = data;

is (essentially) equivalent to

var title = data.title;
var title = data.innerData[0].title;

Destructuring pulls out individual values, it will not map through the array for you. You'll need to do that manually if that is what you want.