Firebase Request simplification and error fixing - json

Question

I have a bunch of forms that input data into my firebase database using a express API and cloud functions.
I have one main issue - I'm getting a error on trying to test my API when inputting the form data.
The secondary issue is more, is there a cleaner way to take the inputted form data to the firebase than how I am currently doing it.
This is the code to create a new workflow (which is the data outputed from the forms)
(this is the required code from the route file)
const {getAllWorkflows,
postOneWorkflow} = require('./handlers/workflow');
// Workflow Routes
app.get('/Workflows', getAllWorkflows);
app.post('/Workflow', postOneWorkflow);
And this is the request code from a handler file
exports.postOneWorkflow = (req, res) => {
const newWorkflow = {
completed: req.body.completed,
currentStep: req.body.currentStep,
createdAt: new Date().toISOString(),
Reason: req.body.Reason,
breach: req.body.breach,
cauInd: req.body.cauInd,
cauOth: req.body.cauOth,
cauWea: req.body.cauWea,
claimEoT: req.body.claimEoT,
dateAware: req.body.dateAware,
dateEoTClaim: req.body.dateEoTClaim,
daysClaimed: req.body.daysClaimed,
dec: req.body.dec,
delayRespon: req.body.delayRespon,
descB: req.body.descB,
descCau: req.body.descCau,
descExt: req.body.descExt,
event: req.body.event,
eviCause: req.body.eviCause,
eviExtent: req.body.eviExtent,
ifGranDay: req.body.ifGranDay,
notice: req.body.notice,
proMitPro: req.body.proMitPro,
proResPro: req.body.proResPro,
recWri: req.body.recWri,
stepsMit: req.body.stepsMit,
stepsPre: req.body.stepsPre
};
db.collection("Workflow")
.add(newWorkflow)
.then(doc => {
const resWorkflow = newWorkflow;
resWorkflow.WorkflowId = doc.id;
res.json(resWorkflow);
})
.catch(err => {
res.status(500).json({ error: "something went wrong" });
console.error(err);
});
};
I'm currently receiving an error of
SyntaxError: Unexpected token c in JSON at position 10
when inputting json using postman to the workflow post route,
{
completed: "False",
currentStep: 1,
claimEoT: "True",
event: "True",
notice: "True",
recWri: "True",
dateEotClaim: "",
dateAware: "",
eviCause: "",
descCau : "",
eviExtent : "True",
descExt : "",
daysClaimed : 5,
delayRespon : "True",
proResPro : 1,
stepsPre : "True",
proPrePro : 1,
stepsMit: "True",
proMitPro : 10 ,
breach : "True",
descB : "describe",
cauInd : "True",
cauWea : "True",
cauOth : "True",
dec : "True",
ifGranDay : 5,
Reason : "I AM THE SENATE"
}
Not 100% sure why as it seems like my formatting is fine?
With creating the query - I wonder if there is a more efficient way of doing this other than writing an ungodly amount of code for the queries.
The point is I need to be able to query the different collections and edit them, but I feel like a query that just took in what it was told, and sent it through to this database, without having to specify the specific "completed", or "Reason",would be ideal.

Answer 1

Your postman JSON is invalid. The keys are also supposed to be enclosed in quotes.
{
"completed": "False",
"currentStep": 1,
...
}
You can just create the newWorkflow object from req.body!
const newWorkflow = req.body;
newWorkflow.createdAt = new Date().toISOString();