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Call function if variable does not exist in a filter

I'm doing filtering on a data displayed in a view which is working correctly. I've placed a filter bar at the top of the screen where a user can filter the records. What I want to achieve is when the variable the user enters is not found in the records a function should be called
filterProducts(ev) {
this.productService.list = this.reOrderList;
const val = ev.target.value;
if (val && val.trim() !== '') {
this.productService.list = this.reOrderList.filter((item) => {
return (item.name.toLowerCase().indexOf(val.toLowerCase()) > -1);
});
} else {
// value doesn't exist console.log('call another function')
}
}

Check if any items are left in the array after the filter is complete:
if (this.productService.list.length) {
// The user's query was found in the array
} else {
// The user's query was not found in the array
}

Array returning empty in Javascript

This is all still pretty new to me but I am running into an interesting behavior issue when generating an array of numbers in a NodeJS application that handles .nessus result files. First, some details on what I am trying to accomplish. My application generates an array [1234,1223,1222] of entries from an uploaded "results" file that is then used to query a mongodb instance to determine if those entries are currently in the DB. If those entries are not currently in the mongodb instance, it redirects to a page where a user can edit them before being added. If there are no new entries, it goes to a page to generate a report on the entries.
When a file is uploaded, it stores the new entries. In .nessus files, sometimes there is more than one host with entries. That changes the json structure and the function needs to iterate a little differently. The following function is how those entries are stored. This is important as this is where the weird behavior originates (I think)
function parsePluginNumbers(json){
var pluginNumbers = []
//Let's check the number of hosts
var hostLength = json['NessusClientData_v2']['Report'].ReportHost.length
if (hostLength != undefined) {
for (var i = 0; i < hostLength; i++) { //Since there is more than 1, need to iterate over each host to find the findings.
var item_length = json['NessusClientData_v2']['Report'].ReportHost[i].ReportItem.length
for (var t = 0; t < item_length; t++) { //Iterate through each finding on each host
if (json['NessusClientData_v2']['Report'].ReportHost[i].ReportItem[t].risk_factor != 'None') {
var newEntry = json['NessusClientData_v2']['Report'].ReportHost[i].ReportItem[t].pluginID
if (pluginNumbers.indexOf(newEntry) == -1) {
pluginNumbers.push(newEntry)
}
else {
continue
}
} else {
continue
}
}
}
} else {
var item_length = json['NessusClientData_v2']['Report']['ReportHost'].ReportItem.length
for (var t = 0; t < item_length; t++) { //Iterate over findings
if (json['NessusClientData_v2']['Report']['ReportHost'].ReportItem[t].risk_factor != 'None') {
var newEntry = json['NessusClientData_v2']['Report']['ReportHost'].ReportItem[t].pluginID
if (pluginNumbers.indexOf(newEntry) == -1) {
pluginNumbers.push(newEntry)
}
else {
continue
}
} else {
continue
}
}
}
return pluginNumbers
}
Once those plugins are stored. Another function is called to look if those results are in the mongodbinstance. In this function, those plugins are in an array "pluginsTotal".
function queryForNewResultsInANessusFile(pluginsTotal, collectionname, filename){ //function to call mongodb query and send results to parseNewFindings and parseOldFindings.
var db = req.db;
var collection = db.get(collectionname);
collection.find({ 'PluginNumber' : { $in: pluginsTotal }}, 'FindingTitle FindingDescription Remediation Mitigation SeeAlso PluginFamily PluginNumber CVE Risk -_id', function(error, result){
var newPluginArray = parseOutFindingNumbersInMongoDB(result, pluginsTotal);
//IF statements go here with specific redirects as needed to check if there are new values not in the repo
}
During this collection.find call, there is a function parseOutFindingNumbersInMongoDB that is called to determine if there are plugins in the .nessus results file that are not in the repo. It compares the results from collection.find and pluginsTotal (generated from the first function) and returns an array of the new plugins that are not in the repo. The function details are below:
function parseOutFindingNumbersInMongoDB(repoResults, reportPlugins) {
for (var i = 0; i < repoResults.length; i++){
var index = reportPlugins.indexOf(repoResults[i].PluginNumber);
if (index != -1) {
reportPlugins.splice(index, 1);
}
else {
continue
}
}
return reportPlugins
}
Now to my question --- When I upload a .nessus file with more than one host, parseOutFindingNumberInMongoDB always returns empty even though there are new entries. What gives? Is it the way I parse out the numbers to begin with in the parsePluginNumbers function or is because it is called in the collection.find synchronous function (This seems unlikely as if there is one host, it returns the new plugin values as I want)? Any thoughts/ideas/review would be much appreciated as I cannot figure out what is wrong. I have checked the data types within the array before being passed into the functions and they all match up.

It's always returning an empty array because every element in the array matches the condition to be spliced.
You first retrieve elements that have a PluginNumber in pluginTotal array with this filter { $in: pluginsTotal }
collection.find({ 'PluginNumber' : { $in: pluginsTotal }}, 'FindingTitle FindingDescription Remediation Mitigation SeeAlso PluginFamily PluginNumber CVE Risk -_id', function(error, result){
var newPluginArray = parseOutFindingNumbersInMongoDB(result, pluginsTotal);
}
Then you remove all elements that have a PluginNumber in pluginTotal
var index = reportPlugins.indexOf(repoResults[i].PluginNumber);
if (index != -1) {
reportPlugins.splice(index, 1);
}
So the result is always an empty array.

Next iteration of $.each when received AJAX-content

The question has been asked before, but it is almost four years ago and maybe there is a better solution.
I have a $.each-loop where sometimes additional data is being fetched via ajax.
I am bulding an object with the fetched data, after the loop there is a function that generates HTML from the object. The problem is that the loop finishes before the ajax data arrives. If I place an alert in the HTML-generating-function the content is loading properly.
I am searching for a solution that calls the HTML-generator-function only when the loop and all ajax calls are finished. Maybe it is a solution to count the started Ajax requests and wait if all of them are finished?
I believe jQuery deferred is the right solution for me but I do find only examples where everything stays inside the loop. Can someone help?
I have stripped down my code to the most important things:
//goes through each testplace -->main loop
$.each(jsobject, function(key, value)
{
//build object together...
for (var i = 0, numComputer = jenkinsComputer.contents.computer.length; i < numComputer; i++)
{
//If the testplace is in both objects then fire AJAX request
if (jenkinsComputer.contents.computer[i].displayName == key) //<<<This can happen only once per $.each loop, but it does not happen every time
{
//next $.each-iteration should only happen when received the JSON
var testplaceurl = jenkinsComputer.contents.computer[i].executors[0].currentExecutable.url;
$.when($.getJSON("php/ba-simple-proxy.php?url=" + encodeURI(testplaceurl) + "api/json?depth=1&pretty=1")).done(function(jenkinsUser)
{
//build object together...
});
}
}
}); //End of main Loop ($.each)
generateHTML(builtObject);
It would be great if someone could give me an advice how to do it.

I would do something like this:
var thingstodo = $(jsobject).length;
var notfired = true;
$.each(jsobject, function(key, value)
{
//build object together...
for (var i = 0, numComputer = jenkinsComputer.contents.computer.length; i < numComputer; i++)
{
//If the testplace is in both objects then fire AJAX request
if (jenkinsComputer.contents.computer[i].displayName == key) //<<<This can happen only once per $.each loop, but it does not happen every time
{
//next $.each-iteration should only happen when received the JSON
var testplaceurl = jenkinsComputer.contents.computer[i].executors[0].currentExecutable.url;
$.when($.getJSON("php/ba-simple-proxy.php?url=" + encodeURI(testplaceurl) + "api/json?depth=1&pretty=1")).done(function(jenkinsUser)
{
//build object together...
thingstodo--;
if(thingstodo === 0 && notfired){
notfired = false;
generateHTML(buildObject);
}
});
}else{
thingstodo--;
}
}
}); //End of main Loop ($.each)
if(thingstodo === 0 && notfired){
generateHTML(buildObject);
}

This is short untested example about the solution. I hope this to give you idea.
// I guess that jsobject is array ..
// if it is not object you can use something like:
// var keys = Object.getOwnPropertyNames(jsobject)
(function () {
var dfd = $.Deferred();
function is_not_finished() {
return jsobject.length > 0 && jenkinsComputer.contents.computer.length > 0;
}
(function _handleObject() {
var key = jsobject.shift();
var displayName = jenkinsComputer.contents.computer.shift().displayName;
if (displayName == key) //<<<This can happen only once per $.each loop, but it does not happen every time
{
//next $.each-iteration should only happen when received the JSON
var testplaceurl = jenkinsComputer.contents.computer[i].executors[0].currentExecutable.url;
$.getJSON("php/ba-simple-proxy.php?url=" + encodeURI(testplaceurl) + "api/json?depth=1&pretty=1").done(function(jenkinsUser)
{
//build object together...
if(is_not_finished()) {
setTimeout(_handleObject,0);
} else {
dfd.resolve();
}
});
} else if (is_not_finished()) {
setTimeout(_handleObject,0);
} else {
dfd.resolve();
}
}());
return dfd.promise();
}()).done(function () {
generateHTML(builtObject);
});

IE8 long running script error when using DataTables

I have an application that uses the DataTables jQuery library to render content in my target browser IE8. The problem is when I push a big array to be rendered, IE8 sometimes throws up the infamous long running script error.
After profiling the app it seems that the call to __fnAddData in the following code is causing the problem:
if (bUsePassedData) {
for (var i = 0, len = oInit.aaData.length; i < len; i++) {
_fnAddData(oSettings, oInit.aaData[i]);
}
} else if (oSettings.bDeferLoading ||
(oSettings.sAjaxSource === null && oSettings.ajax === null)) {
_fnAddTr(oSettings, $(oSettings.nTBody).children('tr'));
}
I was looking around for solutions and saw Nicholas Zakas' write up here and tons of other solutions that would work if the for loop wasn't inside of an if else if "block". When I tried, on my 1st attempt of many, to wrap it in a setTimeout function it of course didn't work because the 2nd part of the if else if resolves to true.
(oSettings.sAjaxSource === null && oSettings.ajax === null) // true
What is a good solution for this? Thanks in advance.

I think you might split up your function in 3 functions:
Before the if statement.
Processing the oInit.aaData
After the if statement
Here is the code split up in 3 functions:
function beforeIf(){
if (bUsePassedData) {
procesData(oSettings,oInit.aaData.concat());
} else if (oSettings.bDeferLoading ||
(oSettings.sAjaxSource === null && oSettings.ajax === null)) {
_fnAddTr(oSettings, $(oSettings.nTBody).children('tr'));
}
afterIF();
}
function processData(oSettings,arr){
//process in chuncks of 50;
// setTimeout takes a long time in IE
// it'll noticibly slow donw your script when
// only processing one item at the time
var tmp=arr.splice(0,50);
for (var i = 0, len = tmp.length; i < len; i++) {
_fnAddData(oSettings, tmp[i]);
}
if(arr.length!==0){
setTimeout(function(){
processData(oSettings,arr);
},0);
return;
}
afterIf();
}
function afterIf(){
//continue processing
}

Thanks #HMR. You helped to bring me closer to my goal. To solve the problem I worked my code down to this IIFE:
(function processData(oSettings, arr) {
var tmp = arr.splice(0, 50);
tickApp.$orders.dataTable().fnAddData(tmp);
if (arr.length !== 0) {
setTimeout(function () {
processData(oSettings, arr);
}, 0);
}
}(oSettings, oInit.aaData.concat()));
Instead of using the private _fnAddData function I opted for the DataTables public fnAddData (http://datatables.net/ref#fnAddData) function. This way I am able to push 50 rows at a time into the table which is stored in the tickApp.$orders object which I just a reference to my jQuery object that stores the table in memory:
tickApp.$orders = $('#orders');
In another part of my code. They way you had it it was still pushing 1 row at a time instead of the whole 50.
Thanks again.

If you are using ajax to fetch your data, you can override "fnServerData" in your datatables config object. This will allow you to fetch the data to be loaded and then process it however you want.
In my case, I have a generic datatables config object that I use for all my datatables. I override the default fnServerData function with one that passes rows to the datatable in sets of 200 using fnAddData and setTimeout to call the function again until all the data has been processed, finally I call fnDraw to draw the table.
var DEFAULT_CHUNK_SIZE = 200;
function feedDataToDataTableInChunks(startIndex, data, oSettings) {
var chunk = data.slice(startIndex, DEFAULT_CHUNK_SIZE);
oSettings.oInstance.fnAddData(chunk, false);
if((startIndex += DEFAULT_CHUNK_SIZE) < data.length) {
setTimeout(function () {
feedDataToDataTableInChunks(startIndex, data, oSettings);
});
} else {
oSettings.oApi._fnInitComplete(oSettings, data);
oSettings.oInstance.fnDraw();
}
}
var config = {fnServerData: function(){
oSettings.jqXHR = $.getJSON(sSource, aoData)
.done(function (result) {
feedDataToDataTableInChunks(0, result || [], oSettings);
});
}}
I am using datatables version 1.9.4

How do I remove all the extra fields that DOJO datastore adds to my fetched items?

When fetching an item from a DOJO datastore, DOJO adds a great deal of extra fields to it. It also changes the way the data is structure.
I know I could manually rebuild ever item to its initial form (this would require me to make updates to both JS code everytime i change my REST object), but there certainly has to be a better way.
Perhaps a store.detach( item ) or something of the sort?

The dojo.data API is being phased out, partly because of the extra fields. You could consider using the new dojo.store API. The store api does not add the extra fields.
I have written a function that does what you are looking to do. It follows. One thing to note, my function converts child objects to the { _reference: 'id' } notation. You may want different behavior.
Util._detachItem = function(item) {
var fnIncludeProperty = function(key) {
return key !== '_0'
&& key !== '_RI'
&& key !== '_RRM'
&& key !== '_S'
&& key !== '__type'
};
var store = item._S;
var fnCreateItemReference = function(itm) {
if (store.isItem(itm)) {
return { _reference: itm.id[0] };
}
return itm;
};
var fnProcessItem = function(itm) {
var newItm = {};
for(var k in itm) {
if(fnIncludeProperty(k)) {
if (dojo.isArray(itm[k])) {
// TODO this could be a problem with arrays with a single item
if (itm[k].length == 1) {
newItm[k] = fnCreateItemReference(itm[k][0]);
} else {
var valArr = [];
dojo.forEach(itm[k], function(arrItm) {
valArr.push(fnCreateItemReference(arrItm));
});
newItm[k] = valArr;
}
} else {
newItm[k] = fnCreateItemReference(itm[k]);
}
}
}
return newItm;
};
return fnProcessItem(item);
};
NOTE: this function is modified from what I originally wrote and I did not test the above code.