Add Reach Into An Object For Nested Data With Get as a javascript til

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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, 'resp.error.errors[0].message', 'Default error message');
+```
+
+If we decide to not include a default value, then `undefined` will be used.