VueJs Nested props coming through undefined - vue.js

Question

I am trying to access an array which is part of a prop (event) passed into a component, but when in created() or mounted() the array part of the event prop (the rest is fine) comes through as undefined.
As can be seen below, when I inspect the props in the vue chrome plugin, the registration_fields are there.
I can add a watcher to the event prop and can access the registration_fields that way, but this seems very awkward to have to do this to access already passed in data.
This is from the Chrome vue inspector:
event:Object
address1_field:"Some Address 1"
address2_field:"Some Address 2"
approved:true
registration_fields:Array[1]
This is what part of my vue file looks like:
export default {
props: ['event'],
data() {
return {
regFields: []
}
},
created() {
this.regFields = this.event.registration_fields // Undefined here!
},
watch: {
event() {
this.regFields = this.event.registration_fields //Can access it here
});
}
}
}
I am using Vue 2.4.4
This is how the component is called:
<template>
<tickets v-if="event" :event="event"></tickets>
</template>
<script>
import tickets from './main_booking/tickets.vue'
export default {
created() {
var self = this;
this.$http.get('events/123').then(response => {
self.event = response.data
}).catch(e => {
alert('Error here!');
})
},
data: function () {
return {event: {}}
},
components: {
tickets: tickets
}
}
</script>
Thank you

Answer 1

It actually works fine without the watcher.
new Vue({
el: '#app',
data: {
event: undefined
},
components: {
subC: {
props: ['event'],
data() {
return {
regFields: []
}
},
created() {
this.regFields = this.event.registration_fields // Undefined here!
}
}
},
mounted() {
setTimeout(() => {
this.event = {
registration_fields: [1, 3]
};
}, 800);
}
});
<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/vue/2.4.2/vue.min.js"></script>
<div id="app">
<sub-c v-if="event" :event="event" inline-template>
<div>
{{regFields}}
</div>
</sub-c>
</div>
If, as Belmin Bedak suggests in the comment below, event is populated asynchronously, it comes in as undefined because it's undefined. In that case, you need a watcher, or, somewhat more elegantly, use a computed:
new Vue({
el: '#app',
data: {
event: {}
},
components: {
subC: {
props: ['event'],
computed: {
regFields() {
return this.event.registration_fields;
}
}
}
},
// delay proper population
mounted() {
setTimeout(() => { this.event = {registration_fields: [1,2,3]}; }, 800);
}
});
<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/vue/2.4.2/vue.min.js"></script>
<div id="app">
<sub-c :event="event" inline-template>
<div>
{{regFields}}
</div>
</sub-c>
</div>