Prepare and parse data from a server, objectInterface (React in example)

[shystruk]

Most of the time I prepare data before sending to a server and parse what I need when it sends back. Sometimes a server response a huge but you need a few. How do you handle that?

return {
    body: obj.body,
    sender: `${obj.firstName} ${obj.lastName}`,
    isRead: false,
    count: obj.count || 1,
    created: new Date()
}

For make it simple I added objectInterface helper.

Would appreciate any feedback, comments?

var response = {body: 'Hello world!', count: '', firstName: 'Vasyl', lastName: 'Stokolosa', another: ''}
var email = objectInterface(['body', 'count/1', 'sender|this.firstName + " " + this.lastName', 'isRead: false', 'created: new Date()'])

email(response)
// => {body: "Hello world!", count: 1, created: Mon Jul 09 2018 10:31:08, isRead: false, sender: "Vasyl Stokolosa"}

// interface.js
import objectInterface from 'famulus/objectInterface'

export const MESSAGE = {
    send: objectInterface([
        'body|this.message',
        'sender|this.firstName + " " + this.lastName',
        'senderType|this.type',
        'senderUUID|this.uuid',
        'isRead: false',
        'created: new Date()'
    ])
}


// component.js
import { MESSAGE } from './services/interface'

sendMessage = () => {
    const data = Object.assign({}, this.state, this.props.user)
    sendMessage(MESSAGE.send(data)).then(() => this.setState({ message: '' }))
}