How do I get the value from this JSON?

Asked Nov 19 '20 at 00:49

Active Nov 19 '20 at 00:56

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Here is the JSON:

[ RowDataPacket { name: 'Matt' } ]

I need to extract the value 'Matt' to then update a value in a database, but stupid me is having trouble figuring out how to extract it.

Just for context, the json comes from this request:

var currentName = 'SELECT name FROM users WHERE password="' + authPass + '"';
userDB.query(currentName, function (err, result, fields) {
    if (err) throw err;
    console.log(result)
});

edited Nov 19 '20 at 00:56

Barmar

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500
612

asked Nov 19 '20 at 00:49

PrismaticDevs

Don't concatenate queries. Use parameterized queries instead. – CertainPerformance Nov 19 '20 at 00:49
That's not valid JSON. – Barmar Nov 19 '20 at 00:55
Thanks for the responses, but I just need to know how to isolate the 'name' string value of 'Matt' – PrismaticDevs Nov 19 '20 at 00:56
If you don't show the actual structure of the data, it's impossible to answer. I've closed this as a duplicate of a general question that explains how to access nested data. – Barmar Nov 19 '20 at 00:58
It looks kind of like an array, but what is `RowDataPacket`? – Barmar Nov 19 '20 at 00:59
I think you just want `result[0].name` – Barmar Nov 19 '20 at 00:59
But if there are multiple users with the same password, you need to loop to get all the names. – Barmar Nov 19 '20 at 01:00
Why are you looking up all the users with this password, anyway? When authenticating a user you should look up the name and then check the password. – Barmar Nov 19 '20 at 01:02
Also, you shouldn't store plaintext passwords. You should use a hashing method with salt. – Barmar Nov 19 '20 at 01:02

How do I get the value from this JSON?

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