Extend object on Meteor - meteor

Question

When i add/edit blogPost, i've my object with all properties. My code :
Add post :
Template.postListAdmin.events({
'submit form': (e) => {
// Prevent default browser form submit
e.preventDefault();
let image = $('#js-image-uploaded'),
draft = $('[name="draft"]'),
isSmall = false,
isDrafted = false;
// If post draft, return true
if (draft.is(':checked')) isDrafted = true;
// If post image is small
// return true for add 'small' classe
if (image.height() < 80) isSmall = true;
let post = {
title: $('[name="title"]').val(),
image: image.attr('src'),
isSmall: isSmall,
description: $('[name="description"]').val(),
category: $('[name="category"]').val(),
time: $('[name="time"]').val(),
dateCreated: dateFormat($('[name="dateCreated"]').val(), 'yyyy-mm-dd'),
content: $('[name="content"]').val(),
draft: isDrafted
};
Meteor.call('posts.insert', post);
setTimeout(() => {
$('#js-post-form')
.toggleClass('is-hidden')
.find('input, textarea').val('');
}, 500);
}
});
Edit post :
Template.postEdit.events({
'submit form': function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
let image = $('#js-image-uploaded'),
draft = $('[name="draft"]'),
isSmall = false,
isDrafted;
if (draft.is(':checked')) isDrafted = true;
else isDrafted = false;
if (image.height() < 80) isSmall = true;
let post = {
slug: $('[name="title"]').val(),
title: $('[name="title"]').val(),
image: image.attr('src'),
isSmall: isSmall,
description: $('[name="description"]').val(),
category: $('[name="category"]').val(),
time: $('[name="time"]').val(),
dateCreated: dateFormat($('[name="dateCreated"]').val(), 'yyyy-mm-dd'),
dateModified: new Date(),
content: $('[name="content"]').val(),
draft: isDrafted
};
Meteor.call('posts.edit', this._id, post);
Router.go('postListAdmin');
},
});
I would like optimize my code and avoid creating my object 'post' 2x.
Do you have any idea how i can optim this ?
Thank you every boby :)

Answer 1

You should be able to achieve what you want to do by defining post without the let keyword.
For example:
post = {
title: $('[name="title"]').val(),
image: image.attr('src'),
isSmall: isSmall,
description: $('[name="description"]').val(),
category: $('[name="category"]').val(),
time: $('[name="time"]').val(),
dateCreated: dateFormat($('[name="dateCreated"]').val(), 'yyyy-mm-dd'),
content: $('[name="content"]').val(),
draft: isDrafted
};
You will have to decide how you want to handle the two instances, though, since they are not exactly the same. Also, moving the variable definition outside of either file might be helpful for organizing your code. You could use a directory on the client named utils, and add a file that contains your global variable definitions.