Append data to an object upon Sequelize Model Fetch - mysql

Question

I have a service function to get users from my MySQL database using Sequelize ORM and i would to like to append fullName to the Users.
const filterUsers = async ([...users]:IUsers[]) => {
let searchAttributes = {};
if (users) { searchAttributes = { [Op.or]: users }; }
const filteredUsers = await User.findAll({
raw: true,
nest: true,
where: { ...searchAttributes },
include: [{
model: Club,
as: 'homeClub',
}, {
model: Club,
as: 'awayClub',
}] });
return filteredUsers as unknown as IUsersWithTeams[];
};
FilteredUsers response:
filteredUsers =
[
{
id: 1
name: 'John',
LastName: 'Mayer',
homeClub: 'Barcelona',
awayClub: 'Real Madrid',
},
{
id: 2,
name: 'Adam',
LastName: 'Smith',
homeClub: 'PSG',
awayClub: 'Milan',
},
]
What i would like to receive:
const expectedUserResponse = [
{
id: 1
name: 'John',
LastName: 'Mayer',
FullName: 'John Mayer',
homeClub: 'Barcelona',
awayClub: 'Real Madrid',
},
{
id: 2,
name: 'Adam',
LastName: 'Smith',
FullName: 'Adam Smith',
homeClub: 'PSG',
awayClub: 'Milan',
},
]
How can i do that ? Thank you very much if you can help me ;)

Answer 1

You need to use a virtual field, see documentation and my other answer to the similar question. It seems the official documentation has the example that perfectly fits your request:
const { DataTypes } = require('#sequelize/core');
const User = sequelize.define('user', {
firstName: DataTypes.TEXT,
lastName: DataTypes.TEXT,
fullName: {
type: DataTypes.VIRTUAL,
get() {
return `${this.firstName} ${this.lastName}`;
},
set(value) {
throw new Error('Do not try to set the `fullName` value!');
}
}
});