Tech Tips: December 2021

Saturday, December 11, 2021

Javascript Function Argument Options and Object Conditionals

Summary

This post is purely some code examples of different ways to structure arguments to functions. I show some examples of conditional object properties as well.

Base

function example1(p1,p2,p3) {
    console.log('example1');

    const params = {
        "p1": p1,
        "p2": p2,
        "p3": p3
    };
    console.log(params);
};
example1('a', 'b', 'c');

example1
{ p1: 'a', p2: 'b', p3: 'c' }

Insufficient Number of Arguments

function example2(p1,p2,p3) {
    console.log('\nexample2')
    const params = {
        "p1": p1,
        "p2": p2,
        "p3": p3
    };
    console.log(params);   
};
example2('a', 'b');

example2
{ p1: 'a', p2: 'b', p3: undefined }

Argument with a default value

function example3(p1,p2,p3='c') {
    console.log('\nexample3')
    const params = {
        "p1": p1,
        "p2": p2,
        "p3": p3
    };
    console.log(params);
};
example3('a', 'b');

example3
{ p1: 'a', p2: 'b', p3: 'c' }

Arguments passed as an object

function example4(allparms) {
    console.log('\nexample4')
    const params = {
        "p1": allparms.p1,
        "p2": allparms.p2,
        "p3": allparms.p3
    };
    console.log(params); 
}
example4({"p1": 'a', "p2": 'b', "p3": 'c'});

example4
{ p1: 'a', p2: 'b', p3: 'c' }

Argument object destructured

function example5({ p1,p2,p3 }) {
    console.log('\nexample5');

    const params = {
        "p1": p1,
        "p2": p2,
        "p3": p3
    };
    console.log(params);
};
example5({"p1": "a", "p2": "b", "p3": "c"});

example5
{ p1: 'a', p2: 'b', p3: 'c' }

Destructured arguments, undefined argument

function example6({ p1,p2,p3 }) {
    console.log('\nexample6');

    const params = {
        "p1": p1,
        "p2": p2,
        "p3": p3
    };
    console.log(params);
};
example6({"p1": "a", "p2": "b"});

example6
{ p1: 'a', p2: 'b', p3: undefined }

Destructured arguments, undefined arg, conditional object property

function example7({ p1,p2,p3 }) {
    console.log('\nexample7');

    const params = {
        "p1": p1,
        "p2": p2,
        ...(p3 && {"p3": p3})
    };
    console.log(params);
};
example7({"p1": "a", "p2": "b"});

example7
{ p1: 'a', p2: 'b' }

Destructured arguments, default value

function example8({ p1,p2,p3='c' }) {
    console.log('\nexample8');

    const params = {
        "p1": p1,
        "p2": p2,
        ...(p3 && {"p3": p3})
    };
    console.log(params)
};
example8({"p1": "a", "p2": "b"});

example8
{ p1: 'a', p2: 'b', p3: 'c' }

Variadic function, spread operator

function example9(...allParms) {
    console.log('\nexample9');

    let params = {};
    let ind = 1;
    for (let parm of allParms) {
        params[`p${ind++}`] = parm;
    };

    console.log(params);
};
example9("a", "b", "c");

example9
{ p1: 'a', p2: 'b', p3: 'c' }

Gist

https://gist.github.com/joeywhelan/cc772dba25d155d4cb705dbc678c1333

Saturday, December 4, 2021

Google Cloud Serverless VPC + Cloud Functions

Summary

I'll show an example configuration of GCP Serverless VPC Access in this post. The scenario here will be a Cloud Function that needs to access Memorystore (GCP managed Redis). Memorystore is isolated in a VPC with a private range address - which is good as far as security is concerned. To access that VPC from Cloud Functions, a Serverless VPC connector needs to be built.

Architecture

Memorystore Configuration

Serverless VPC Configuration

Cloud Function Configuration

Cloud Function Redis Client Connection Code

const {createClient} = require('redis');

    getClient() {
        const client = createClient({
            socket: {
                host: process.env.REDIS_HOST
            },
            password: process.env.REDIS_PASS
        });
        client.on('error', (err) => { 
            throw Error(`redis client error: ${err}`);
        });
        return client;
    }