Succinct/concise Syntax For 'optional' Object Keys In Es6/es7?

There are already a lot of cool features in ES6/ES7 for defining Javascript objects. However, the following pattern is common in Javascript: const obj = { requiredKey1: ...,

Solution 1:

You can use object spread to have an optional property:

let flag1 = true;
let flag2 = false;

const obj = { 
  requiredKey1: 1, 
  requiredKey2: 2,
  ...(flag1 && { optionalKey1: 5 }),
  ...(flag2 && { optionalKey2: 6, optionalKey3: 7 }),
  ...(flag1 && { optionalKey4: 8, optionalKey5: 9 })
};

console.log(obj);

Solution 2:

To indicate optional key, you can assign to it null, if the condition is false

const someCondition = true;

const obj = { 
  requiredKey1: 1, 
  requiredKey2: 2,
  optionalKey1: someCondition ? 'optional' : null
};

console.log(obj);

Solution 3:

the following pattern is common in Javascript

It should not. Having many objects of different shapes can incur a performance penalty. Records should always contain the same keys. So just use

const obj = { 
  requiredKey1: …, 
  requiredKey2: …,
  optionalKey1: someCondition ? … : undefined,
};