Can I conditionally add a where() clause to my knex query?
Yes. Use modify.
As applied to your example:
router.get('/questions', function (req, res) {
knex('questions')
.select('question', 'correct', 'incorrect')
.limit(50)
.modify(function(queryBuilder) {
if (req.query.param) {
queryBuilder.where('somecolumn', req.query.param);
}
})
.then(function (results) {
res.send(results);
});
});
You can store your query in a variable, apply your conditional where clause and then execute it, like this :
router.get('/questions', function(req, res) {
var query = knex('questions')
.select('question', 'correct', 'incorrect')
.limit(50);
if(req.query.param == some_condition)
query.where('somecolumn', req.query.param) // <-- only if param exists
else
query.where('somecolumn', req.query.param2) // <-- for instance
query.then(function(results) {
//query success
res.send(results);
})
.then(null, function(err) {
//query fail
res.status(500).send(err);
});
});