getId #

Available since 2.11.0

Returns the _id specified in the request.

Arguments #

getId (
    options: {
      ifMissing?: 'error' | 'generate' | 'ignore',
      generator?: () => string,
    } = { generator: uuid.v4, ifMissing: 'error' }
  ): string

Options:

Name	Type	Description
`ifMissing`	'error'	'generate'
`generator`	() => string	Function used to generate an ID

Example #

const id = request.getId();
// equivalent
const id = request.input.args._id;
//+ checks to make sure that "_id" is of the right type
// and throw standard API error when it's not the case

// generate a default ID if it's missing
const id = request.getId({ ifMissing: "generate" });

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