Thanks for replying.
I console.logged newIssue console.log(
newIssue:${newIssue}:);
and got this:
newIssue:{
assigned_to: '',
status_text: '',
created_on: 2023-01-17T18:32:34.000Z,
updated_on: 2023-01-17T18:32:34.000Z,
open: true,
_id: 63c6e9cea029f600e65ca261,
project: 'fcc-project',
issue_title: 'Faux Issue Title',
issue_text: 'Functional Test - Required Fields Only',
created_by: 'fCC'
}:
newIssue:{
assigned_to: 'Chai and Mocha',
status_text: '',
created_on: 2023-01-17T18:32:34.000Z,
updated_on: 2023-01-17T18:32:34.000Z,
open: true,
_id: 63c6e9cfa029f600e65ca263,
project: 'fcc-project',
issue_title: 'Faux Issue Title 2',
issue_text: 'Functional Test - Every field filled in',
created_by: 'fCC'
}:
newIssue:{
assigned_to: '',
status_text: '',
created_on: 2023-01-17T18:32:34.000Z,
updated_on: 2023-01-17T18:32:34.000Z,
open: true,
_id: 63c6e9cfa029f600e65ca265,
project: 'get_issues_test_366783',
issue_title: 'Faux Issue 1',
issue_text: 'Get Issues Test',
created_by: 'fCC'
}:
newIssue:{
assigned_to: '',
status_text: '',
created_on: 2023-01-17T18:32:34.000Z,
updated_on: 2023-01-17T18:32:34.000Z,
open: true,
_id: 63c6e9cfa029f600e65ca267,
project: 'get_issues_test_366783',
issue_title: 'Faux Issue 2',
issue_text: 'Get Issues Test',
created_by: 'fCC'
}:
newIssue:{
assigned_to: '',
status_text: '',
created_on: 2023-01-17T18:32:34.000Z,
updated_on: 2023-01-17T18:32:34.000Z,
open: true,
_id: 63c6e9d0a029f600e65ca269,
project: 'get_issues_test_366783',
issue_title: 'Faux Issue 3',
issue_text: 'Get Issues Test',
created_by: 'fCC'
}:
newIssue:{
assigned_to: 'Bob',
status_text: '',
created_on: 2023-01-17T18:32:34.000Z,
updated_on: 2023-01-17T18:32:34.000Z,
open: true,
_id: 63c6e9d4a029f600e65ca26b,
project: 'get_issues_test_371828',
issue_title: 'To be Filtered',
issue_text: 'Filter Issues Test',
created_by: 'Alice'
}:
newIssue:{
assigned_to: 'Bob',
status_text: '',
created_on: 2023-01-17T18:32:34.000Z,
updated_on: 2023-01-17T18:32:34.000Z,
open: true,
_id: 63c6e9d4a029f600e65ca26d,
project: 'get_issues_test_371828',
issue_title: 'To be Filtered',
issue_text: 'Filter Issues Test',
created_by: 'Alice'
}:
newIssue:{
assigned_to: 'Eric',
status_text: '',
created_on: 2023-01-17T18:32:34.000Z,
updated_on: 2023-01-17T18:32:34.000Z,
open: true,
_id: 63c6e9d5a029f600e65ca26f,
project: 'get_issues_test_371828',
issue_title: 'To be Filtered',
issue_text: 'Filter Issues Test',
created_by: 'Alice'
}:
newIssue:{
assigned_to: 'Eric',
status_text: '',
created_on: 2023-01-17T18:32:34.000Z,
updated_on: 2023-01-17T18:32:34.000Z,
open: true,
_id: 63c6e9d5a029f600e65ca271,
project: 'get_issues_test_371828',
issue_title: 'To be Filtered',
issue_text: 'Filter Issues Test',
created_by: 'Carol'
}:
newIssue:{
assigned_to: '',
status_text: '',
created_on: 2023-01-17T18:32:34.000Z,
updated_on: 2023-01-17T18:32:34.000Z,
open: true,
_id: 63c6e9d9a029f600e65ca273,
project: 'fcc-project',
issue_title: 'Issue to be Updated',
issue_text: 'Functional Test - Put target',
created_by: 'fCC'
}:
newIssue:{
assigned_to: '',
status_text: '',
created_on: 2023-01-17T18:32:34.000Z,
updated_on: 2023-01-17T18:32:34.000Z,
open: true,
_id: 63c6e9e8a029f600e65ca275,
project: 'fcc-project',
issue_title: 'Issue to be Deleted',
issue_text: 'Functional Test - Delete target',
created_by: 'fCC'
}:
This shows that the optional fields are set to empty strings.