How can I create prototype objects inside Zapier? - zapier

Question

I am working on our Application-integration inside Zapier and using zapier's built in methods for polling data. The script is now long and use a lot of repetitive function objects. How can I use prototype inheritance model for each attribute call so that I can reuse it for similar calls for other attributes? A typical api call is as follows:
var Zap = {
myattribute_post_poll: function(bundle) {
var results = JSON.parse(bundle.response.content);
results.value.reverse();
//attribute call
var cRequest = {
'url': "myURL.com/a/" + bundle.auth_fields.tenant_id +
"/odata/standard.odata/Catalog_attibute(guid'" + results.value[i].attribute_Key + "')?$format=json",
'headers': {
"Authorization": "Basic " + btoa(bundle.auth_fields.username + ':' + bundle.auth_fields.password)
},
'method': "GET"
};
var cResponse = z.request(cRequest);
try{
var JSONResponse = JSON.parse(cResponse.content);
results.value[i].Customer_name = JSONResponse.Description;
} catch(error){
console.log(error);
results.value[i].Customer_name = results.value[i].Company_Key;
}
return results;
}

Answer 1

The best technique is just to break into reusable properties on Zap:
var Zap = {
reusable_thing: function(arg) {
return arg + 1;
},
attr_pre_poll: function(bundle) {
bundle.request.params = Zap.reusable_thing(1);
return bundle.request;
}
};

Answer 2

This might be helpful to others, so adding my prototype object here:
var Zap = {
attrGuidRequest : function(obj, document, key){
var attrResponse = JSON.parse(
z.request({
'url': "myUrl" + tenant_id +
"/odata/.." + document + "(guid'" + key + "')?$format=json",
'headers': {
"Authorization": "Basic " + btoa(username + ':' + password)
},
'method': "GET"
}).content) || {};
return attrResponse;
}
}