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# Reach Into An Object For Nested Data With Get

Among the many [lodash](https://lodash.com/) utilities is [`_.get`](https://lodash.com/docs/4.17.5#get) for getting data from nested objects. You can specify where to reach into the nested data of an object using a *path*.

Consider the following awkwardly nested object:

```javascript
const resp = {
  error: {
    errors: [
      { message: "Something went wrong" },
    ],
  },
};
```

Here is how we might reach into this with vanilla JavaScript:

```javascript
resp.error.errors[0].message;
```

Reaching into this for the `message` value is tricky because as soon as the `resp` object contains differently nested data, an error is likely to be thrown. We can simultaneously avoid a bunch of exception handling logic and provide a default value with the `_.get` function:

```javascript
_.get(resp, 'error.errors[0].message', 'Default error message');
```

If we decide to not include a default value, then `undefined` will be used.