Lucid: Model.all() returns LodashWrapper instead of Array

[nrempel]

Model.all() returns LodashWrapper instead of Array.

Is this intended? I need to call .value() on the result to get the Array.

[thetutlage]

@nrempel Yes it is a lodash wrapper to make operations like map, sort, filter easier.

[nrempel]

Ok, that makes sense.

Do you think it would be cleaner to return simply an array since es6 has all of those features now too?

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/map
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/sort
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/filter

The only reason I would want a plain Array is because LodashWrapper doesn't contain basic properties like length.

[thetutlage]

@nrempel I don't see any downsides of using lodash collections, as you can find them handy in many situations.

For length you can make use the method called size(). https://lodash.com/docs#size

[nrempel]

Ok, sounds good. Thanks!

[andyford]

If anyone came here trying to figure out why a lodash method would be returning a LodashWrapper, make sure your import statement is like import { filter } from 'lodash' rather than import filter from 'lodash' (I just wasted 45 minutes on this one!)

[thetutlage]

@andyford Model.all() doesn't return a lodash wrapper anymore, it has been changed in 4.0. Please read the docs here.

https://adonisjs.com/docs/4.1/lucid#_query_builder

[andyford]

@thetutlage my comment was about forgetting the brackets on an import. When I mistakenly left them out (for .filter and for .without), I got the wrapper. I ended up on this page googling for LodashWrapper.

[francisosih]

@andyford yup I was stuck for about a minute ~11 days ago too

[WebAhmed]

If anyone came here trying to figure out why a lodash method would be returning a LodashWrapper, make sure your import statement is like import { filter } from 'lodash' rather than import filter from 'lodash' (I just wasted 45 minutes on this one!)

@andyford Thank you very much! I completely forgot the mustaches lol