how to declare object with recursive properties? in nodejs

Question

I am declaring:

var ENV       = {

    VERSION: 1,

    SERVER: 'midomain.com',

    SERVER_DEV: 'testdomain.dev',

    API_ROUTE: 'socket/',

    API: (false) ? this.SERVER + '/' + this.API_ROUTE : this.SERVER_DEV + '/' + this.API_ROUTE };

should get:

{ VERSION: 1,SERVER: 'midomain.com',SERVER_DEV: 'testdomain.dev',API_ROUTE: 'socket/', API: 'testdomain.dev/socket/' }

but I get

{ VERSION: 1,SERVER: 'midomain.com',SERVER_DEV: 'testdomain.dev',API_ROUTE: 'socket/',  API: 'undefined/undefined' }

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Answer 1

Because in that case context is global, not an your object. You can check it with an example:

window.b = 666;

let a = {
 prop: this.b
}

console.log(a); // display: {prop: 666}

You can fill your object properties one-by-one

let ENV       = {};
ENV.VERSION = 1;
ENV.SERVER = 'midomain.com';
ENV.API = ENV.SERVER;

or create function with 'new' syntax

var ENV = new function() {
   this.VERSION = 1;
   this.SERVER = 'midomain.com';
   this.API = this.SERVER;
};

how to declare object with recursive properties? in nodejs

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