(React fetch data)what is the difference between these two

Question

I am very new to the coding world. I am creating a meme generator and fetching data from the api. The below is part of the code, there is a const {memes} to store the data fetched from api, but why do I need it? Why can't I put it like this --> this.setState({allMemeImg: response.data})

    componentDidMount(){
        fetch("https://api.imgflip.com/get_memes")
        .then (response => response.json())
        .then (response => {   
            const {memes} = response.data 
            this.setState({allMemeImg: memes})
                })
    }

That's called a [destructuring assignment](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Destructuring_assignment#Object_destructuring). It's the same as doing `const memes = response.data.memes`. Without it, you'd do `this.setState({ allMemeImg: response.data.memes })`. It's not required - it's just syntactic sugar for your convenience. — cbr, Jul 02 '20 at 14:23
You can. just ```setState({allMemeImg: resopnse?.data?.memes})``` — cybercoder, Jul 02 '20 at 14:24
@cybercoder I'd argue that `?.` changes the semantics a little bit :) — cbr, Jul 02 '20 at 14:25
Does this answer your question? [Javascript object bracket notation ({ Navigation } =) on left side of assign](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26999820/javascript-object-bracket-notation-navigation-on-left-side-of-assign) — jonrsharpe, Jul 02 '20 at 14:25
Question Mark operator is needed to prevent error when there's no nested key or object, and returns ```undefined``` instead of error. — cybercoder, Jul 02 '20 at 14:27

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 02 '20 at 14:24

the line const {memes} = response.data is using destructuring syntax to assign response.data.memes to a constant memes. it is equivalent to saying const memes = response.data.memes. you could skip it and do this.setState({allMemeImg: response.data.memes})

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 02 '20 at 14:25

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Your API returns an object with more parameters where memes is one of them. With this syntax const {memes} = response.data you extract only the memes property. You can skip this and use directly this.setState({allMemeImg: respone.data.memes})

answered Jul 02 '20 at 14:25

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 02 '20 at 14:26

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const { memes } = response.data;

is the same as

const memes = response.data.memes;

You could even do this:

const { data: { memes }} = response;

answered Jul 02 '20 at 14:26

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