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TypeScript. FormGroup FormArray - remove only one element object by value. Angular 2 4


this.formGroup = this.formBuilder.group({
    images: this.fb.array([])
});

I add new element in this way: this.images.push(new FormControl(new ImageCreateForm(this.imageResponse.id)));

get images(): FormArray {
    return <FormArray>this.formGroup.controls.images;
}

My classes:

export class ImageCreateForm {
    id: number;
    constructor(id: number) {
        this.id = id;
    }
}

export class ImageResponse {
    id: number;
    url: string;
}

When I added images, then my {{ formGroup.value | json }} is:

"images": [
   {
    "id": 501
   },
   {
    "id": 502
   },
   {
    "id": 503
   }
]

I want to remove images (for example only image with id=502) from formGroup before when I send my form POST request. Is it possible? I tried use reset method, but this remove all elements: this.images.reset({"id":image.id});. Where image it is a ImageResponse object.

Result: {"images": [ null, null, null ]}, but I want:

"images": [
   {
    "id": 501
   },
   {
    "id": 503
   }
]

Solution

  • FormArray class has removeAt which takes the index. If you do not know the index, you can do a workaround:

    // findIndex returns -1 if not found
    // `removeAt` wraps around from the back if given negative
    const index = this.images.value.findIndex(image => image.id === 502)
    if(index !== -1) this.images.removeAt(index)