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(JS) Google Script App Search / Filter for keyword

I have been stumped on this for a while. I am fairly new to Google script app and wanted to see if there is a way to make this happen. So far, I've used a few methods within Google Sheet but seem to not get it working.
The code below does give me an output of all the data, however, the data that is nested in the data.custom_fields[x] has multiple objects that is separated by ",". I would like to be able to filter out the other key words and just use whatever is inside "display_value=". The display_value= is not always in the same area so have to run a search for them.
I am assuming some kind of If statement would be used here..
An example of the object is:
{type=x, resource_subtype=x, created_by={name=x, gid=x, resource_type=x}, display_value=Cool Value, description=x, enabled=x, resource_type=custom_field, gid=x, enum_options=[x.lang.Object;x, enum_value={x}, name=x}
I've tried to split function as well but not sure how to filter out the words I need.
function Users() {
var options = {
"headers" : {
"Authorization": "API Key here"
}
}
var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch("URL here", options);
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheets = ss.getSheets();
var sheet = ss.getSheetByName("Tab Name here"); // specific sheet name getSheetByName(""); alternatively use ss.getActiveSheet()
var dataAll = JSON.parse(response.getContentText()); //
var dataSet = dataAll.data; // "data" is the key containing the relevant objects
var rows = [],
data;
for (i = 0; i < dataSet.length; i++) {
data = dataSet[i];
rows.push([
data.gid,
data.name,
data.permalink_url,
data.due_on,
data.custom_fields[1],
data.custom_fields[2],
data.custom_fields[4],
data.custom_fields[5],
data.custom_fields[6],
data.custom_fields[7],
data.custom_fields[8],
data.custom_fields[9],
]); //your JSON entities here
}
// [row to start on], [column to start on], [number of rows], [number of entities]
dataRange = sheet.getRange(2, 1, rows.length, 12);
dataRange.setValues(rows);
Thank you in advance!
Example Image of JSON imported data

Although they appear separated by ,'s, that is only how they're displayed in the log. Because you're using JSON.parse, you're receiving/converting to an Object, not a string.
Because data.custom_fields is an array of objects, you can access the property/key values as : data.custom_fields[x].display_value.
Learn More:
JSON.parse()
Accessing Object Properties

If you want to extract display_value, try
let myVal = myData.match(/(?<=display_value=)[^,]+/g)[0]
I guess that myData could be data.custom_fields[5], so replace it by
data.custom_fields[5].match(/(?<=display_value=)[^,]+/g)[0]

How to display Firebase query result in HTML (undefined error)

I am trying to display Firebase query results in HTML but the browser shows "undefined" instead of the value that I see in the console.
var showData = document.getElementById("showData");
var button1 = document.getElementById("but1");
var usersRef =
firebase.database().ref('stores/').orderByChild("sid").equalTo(123);
function s2_but() { //function gets trigger when button pressed
usersRef.on('value', snap);
function snap(data) {
data2 = data.val();
console.log(data2);
showData.innerHTML = data2.sname; //sname is the name of child key
//whose value I want to show
}
};
Here is what the console shows:
entry1: {prod1: "coffee", prod2: "sandwich", sid: 123,
sname: "Java Coffee"}
__proto__:Object
Therefore, I am able to retrieve the data but I get an undefined in the browser when I use the following code to show the data in HTML.
<p id="showData"></p>
Undefined variable showing in the web-browser
I think the error happens when I am trying to call the exact value from the object using the following code but I am not sure. All the examples I have seen have done it this way. Therefore, I am confused.
showData.innerHTML = data2.sname;
In the HTML file I have both Firebase and jquery appropriately included, initialized etc.
I would greatly appreciate any help. Thanks.

I found the solution:
function snap(data) {
data2 = data.val();
data3 = data2.entry1.sname;
console.log(data3);
showData.innerHTML = data3;
};
Firebase returns a nested object with this query. entry1 is the name of the first level or key of this object. Therefore, its name has to be entered before accessing the value.
What to do if "entry1" were actually defined by a variable?

I think I was able to figure out the best way to do this. It took a while to understand the limitations of Firebase coming from an SQL background.
To query the database, I used this instead of using orderByChild():
var sid = 'entry1';
var usersRef = firebase.database().ref('stores/'
+ sid);
Now I am able to get the value of sname without having to enter the key of it in the chain:
function s2_but() {
usersRef.on('value', snap);
function snap(data) {
data2 = data.val();
data3 = data2.sname;
console.log(data3);
showData.innerHTML = data3;
};
};
This is to query a Firebase database entry that looks like this.
I hope this helps some of you looking to solve a similar problem. If you have any suggestions please let me know.

javascript - JSON file use a value only if key exists

I'm retrieving an OSM Json from an overpass call, to obtain a list of features that I have to save on a database. Since the data are very different from one another (for example, some of them do have a a tag called "addr:city", and some of them not), I would like to check if a key exists, and only in that case save the corresponding value. I've found only this question but it's not my case, since I do not know a priori which keys one element will have and which not, and since I'm working with a great load of data, I really can't check the elements one by one and of course I can't write an IF for each case.
Is there a way to solve this? I was thinking something about "if key has null value, ignore it", while looping over the elements, but I don't know if something like that exists
EDIT:
This is my query:
https://overpass-api.de/api/interpreter?data=[out:json][timeout:25];(node[~%22^(tourism|historic)$%22~%22.%22](44.12419,%2012.21259,%2044.15727,%2012.27696);way[~%22^(tourism|historic)$%22~%22.%22](44.12419,%2012.21259,%2044.15727,%2012.27696););out%20center;
and this is the code I'm using to save the data on firebase:
results.elements.forEach(e=>{
var ref = firebase.database().ref('/point_of_interest/');
var key = firebase.database().ref().child('point_of_interest').push().key;
var updates = {};
var data = {
città: e.tags["addr:city"],
tipologia: e.tags["amenity"],
indirizzo: e.tags["addr:street"],
nome: e.tags["name"],
lat: e.lat,
lon: e.lon
}
updates['/point_of_interest/'+key] = data;
firebase.database().ref().update(updates);
})
"results" is the response in json format

You could use something like that:
var attrs = ["addr:city", "amenity", "addr:street", "name"];
var labels = ["città", "tipologia", "indirizzo", "nome"]
var data = { };
attrs.forEach((a, i) => {
if (e.tags[a]) { data[labels[i]] = e.tags[a]; }
});
You could even make this more dynamic, if you can query the attribute names and labels from somewhere.

Parse.com issues while querying array of pointers, .include not getting nested pointer data in cloud code

I am having trouble getting data from the nested pointers in my array of pointers from a query. I have an array of pointers like so: [{"__type":"Pointer","className":"QuizData","objectId":"rmwJrV55c7"},{"__type":"Pointer","className":"QuizData","objectId":"2132q8i9np”}, etc…]
That QuizData class also has a column named “ad” which is a Pointer to the “Ads” class. I can get the QuizData in a query using the following include statements on my query like so:
var __quizAdQueueQuery = new Parse.Query(QuizAdQueue);
__quizAdQueueQuery.equalTo("user", __request.user);
__quizAdQueueQuery.include("quizAdArr”);
__quizAdQueueQuery.include(["quizAdArr.QuizData"]);
BUT Neither of these or both combined don’t work as when I try to get column data from the ad it’s always undefined:
__quizAdQueueQuery.include(["quizAdArr.QuizData.ad"]);
__quizAdQueueQuery.include(["quizAdArr.QuizData.Ads"]);
This is my return from that query, where the column data "mediaType" that I am trying to access is always undefined:
return __quizAdQueueQuery.first().then(function(__resultsObj)
{
__quizQueueObj = __resultsObj;
__userQuizQueueArr = __quizQueueObj.get("quizAdArr");
var __quiz;
var __ad;
var __seenAd;
var __lengthInt = __userQuizQueueArr.length;
var __mediaTypeStr = __request.params.mediaType;
var __matchedQuizzesArr = [];
for (var __i = 1; __i < __lengthInt; __i++)
{
__quiz = __userQuizQueueArr[__i];
// console.log('__quiz.get("name") = '+__quiz.get("name"));
__ad = __quiz.get("ad");
// console.log("__ad.id = "+__ad.id);
//THE MEDIA TYPE IS ALWAYS RETURNING UNDEFINED HERE!!!
console.log('__ad.get("mediaType") = '+__ad.get("mediaType")+', __mediaTypeStr = '+__mediaTypeStr);
if (__ad.get("mediaType") == __mediaTypeStr)
{
//put all matches in array to be sorted
__matchedQuizzesArr.push(__userQuizQueueArr[__i]);
console.log("__matchedQuizzesArr.length = "+__matchedQuizzesArr.length);
}
}
return __matchedQuizzesArr;
});
Thanks for any help you can give! I also posted this as a bug in the Parse/Facebook issue reporter but was redirected here, so if this is a bug I can reopen it: https://developers.facebook.com/bugs/923988310993165/
EDIT Here is the updated, working query with nested includes for clarity:
var __quizAdQueueQuery = new Parse.Query(QuizAdQueue);
__quizAdQueueQuery.equalTo("user", __request.user);
__quizAdQueueQuery.include('quizAdArr');
__quizAdQueueQuery.include('quizAdArr.ad');

This should work (you only need to list the column names):
query.include('quizAdArr.ad');
Here's why:
You're querying QuizAdQueue so you don't need to list that
The QuizAdQueue class has an array in quizAdArr so you include it: query.include('quizAdArr');
Each quizAdArr element is a QuizData with an ad so you include it: query.include('quizAdArr.ad');
The issue was that you were including QuizData which is the name of a class and not a column name

question regarding serializeArray and passing into url

I am not totally familiar with javascript, jquery.
I am trying to do the following. Note a-f are names for the dropdown menus. Can someone help clarify? thanks
var a_params = $("#a").serializeArray();
var b_params = $("#b").serializeArray();
var c_params = $("#c").serializeArray();
var d_params = $("#d").serializeArray();
var e_params = $("#e").serializeArray();
var f_params = $("#f").serializeArray();
params.push({ name: 'menu_mode', value: '2-1' });
$.get("./scripts/model.cgi", a_params,b_params,c_params,d_params,e_params,f_params, function(data){
$("#grapharea").html(data);
$("#prog").html(" ");
});
More Comments: in the cgi script i am dumping the inputs to see if i am receiving the values from the a-f_params but this isn't the case. Any ideas why?

You have to create 1 array(or jquery-object in this case) from all object's, and serialize this array.
$('#a,#b,#c,#d,#e,#f').serializeArray();
But this is only needed, if you dont want to serialize e.g. all input-fields.
Otherwise you can use simply
$('#form').serializeArray();