Express - get request - How inject data in my response along the process? - express

Question

I'm trying to add data to my "data" returned in express. Here my snippet, I'm trying to add currentPage and count variables:
app.get("/blog/page/:pageTargeted", (req,res) => {
var rangeScoped = (req.params.pageTargeted * 8);
Posts.find().sort({ date: -1}).skip(rangeScoped).limit(8).exec(function (err, data) {
data.currentPage= req.params.pageTargeted || 1 ;
data.count = Posts.estimatedDocumentCount();
if (err) return console.error(err);
console.log(data);
res.status(200).send(data)
})
});
I have also tried:
currentPage= req.params.pageTargeted || 1 ;
count = Posts.estimatedDocumentCount();
if (err) return console.error(err);
console.log(data);
res.status(200).send(data currentPage, count)
It doesn't works, currentPage and count aren't add in the res.send toward the browser. I have just the data corresponding to the database get's request. So what it going wrong ? I just can't figure out it. Because to me I have well injected the data into the object so, it should works. If anybody has an hint, would be great.

Answer 1

If I am right data is an array and you can't create a new key in array like that. Try sending an Object instead.
app.get("/blog/page/:pageTargeted", (req,res) => {
var rangeScoped = (req.params.pageTargeted * 8);
Posts.find().sort({ date: -1}).skip(rangeScoped).limit(8).exec(function (err, data) {
if (err) return console.error(err);
console.log(data);
res.status(200).json({data: data, currentPage: req.params.pageTargeted || 1, count: Posts.estimatedDocumentCount()})
})
});