I have an user object - I want to generate test for each user property and check if it's the right type. However as typeof array is an object assertion fails on array properties with "AssertionError: expected [ 1 ] to be an object".
I have therefore checked if the property is an array and then generate special test for it. I'm wondering if this is the right approach? I have a feeling I'm misssing something obvious.
Object.keys(pureUser).forEach(property =>{
// since typeof array is an object we need to check this case separately or test will fail with expecting array to be an object
if (Array.isArray(pureUser[property])) {
it(`should have property ${property}, type: array`, function () {
user.should.have.property(property);
});
} else {
it(`should have property ${property}, type: ${(typeof pureUser[property])}`, function () {
user.should.have.property(property);
user[property].should.be.a(typeof pureUser[property]);
});
}
});
pureUser is something like this:
let pureUser = {
username: "JohnDoe123",
id: 1,
categories: [1,2,3,4]
}
User variable is defined elsewhere via got.js
change your test to be pureUser[property].should.be.an.Array or user[property].should.be.an.Array
forEach
The forEach() method calls a provided function once for each element in an array, in order.
let pureUser = {
username: "JohnDoe123",
id: 1,
categories: [1,2,3,4]
}
Object.keys(pureUser).forEach(property =>{
// since typeof array is an object we need to check this case separately or test will fail with expecting array to be an object
if (Array.isArray(pureUser[property])) {
console.log('Yes, it\'s an Array')
//it(`should have property ${property}, type: array`, function () {
// user.should.have.property(property);
//});
} else {
console.log('No, it\'s not an Array')
//it(`should have property ${property}, type: ${(typeof property)}`, function () {
//user.should.have.property(property);
// user[property].should.be.a(typeof pureUser[property]);
//});
}
});
When you use forEach on pureUser, the parameter will be the objects properties, like username, id, etc
let pureUser = {
username: "JohnDoe123",
id: 1,
categories: [1,2,3,4]
}
Object.keys(pureUser).forEach(property =>{
console.log(property);
});
You can also access the array in your forEach function.
arr.forEach(item, index, arr)
A React component is passed a state property, which is an object of objects:
{
things: {
1: {
name: 'fridge',
attributes: []
},
2: {
name: 'ashtray',
attributes: []
}
}
}
It is also passed (as a router parameter) a name. I want the component to find the matching object in the things object by comparing name values.
To do this I use the filter method:
Object.keys(this.props.things).filter((id) => {
if (this.props.things[id].name === this.props.match.params.name) console.log('found!');
return (this.props.things[id].name === this.props.match.params.name);
});
However this returns undefined. I know the condition works because of my test line (the console.log line), which logs found to the console. Why does the filter method return undefined?
Object.keys returns an array of keys (like maybe ["2"] in your case).
If you are interested in retrieving the matching object, then you really need Object.values. And if you are expecting one result, and not an array of them, then use find instead of filter:
Object.values(this.props.things).find((obj) => {
if (obj.name === this.props.match.params.name) console.log('found!');
return (obj.name === this.props.match.params.name);
});
Be sure to return that result if you use it within a function. Here is a snippet based on the fiddle you provided in comments:
var state = {
things: {
1: {
name: 'fridge',
attributes: []
},
2: {
name: 'ashtray',
attributes: []
}
}
};
var findThing = function(name) {
return Object.values(state.things).find((obj) => {
if (obj.name === name) console.log('found!');
return obj.name === name;
});
}
var result = findThing('fridge');
console.log(result);
You need to assign the result of filter to a object and you get the result as the [id]. You then need to get the object as this.props.things[id]
var data = {
things: {
1: {
name: 'fridge',
attributes: []
},
2: {
name: 'ashtray',
attributes: []
}
}
}
var name = 'fridge';
var newD = Object.keys(data.things).filter((id) => {
if (data.things[id].name === name) console.log('found!');
return (data.things[id].name === name);
});
console.log(data.things[newD]);
I have an object, which has multiple children (this object is a serialized MongoDB record)
{
_id: '5881f6564d56a24f09562d9e',
key: 'value',
child: {
_id: '5882211a010ea9725a3efdd1',
key: 'value2',
param: 'param',
nested: {
_id: '588221592eb1530d6fcc252a',
arr: [ '588221b83f0f833ba132b670', '588224490a15d836d1ba56e4' ]
}
},
another: {
_id: '58822c4e48db7912655b3419',
param: 'value'
}
}
Before using this object in my application, I need to pass it through a function.
function processData(value) {
// do stuff
return value
}
However, this function (not controlled by me) doesn't support nested documents. To correctly process the object, it must start with the deepest nested document, replace it with the return value, then process the next level etc.
A 'document', is an object which has the key _id. There may be other objects without _id, these do not need to be processed. Therefore, it needs to be processed in the following order:
obj.child.nested = processData(obj.child.nested)
obj.child = processData(obj.child)
obj.another = processData(obj.another)
obj = processData(obj)
The order only matters for objects which have nested children (for example, obj.another could be processed before obj.child, as long as obj.child.nested was processed before obj.child).
This is what I have so far: http://jsbin.com/nenuvuwiwa/edit?js,console
This is what I ended up using:
function processData(obj) {
// Placeholder function to indicate it has
// been processed (in reality sets a load of
// prototype functions etc)
obj.processed = true;
return obj;
}
function processDoc(doc) {
for (key in doc) {
var val = doc[key];
if (val.hasOwnProperty('_id')) {
val = processDoc(val);
val = processData(val)
}
}
return doc;
}
var res = processDoc(obj)
As per title, I need to clone an object in Javascript like that below and set each values to zero. Of course the object properties can change.
{ _id: { action: null, date: null },
avg: null,
min: null,
max: null,
total: null }
// helper method to get the correct object type
function toType(x) {
return ({}).toString.call(x).match(/\s([a-zA-Z]+)/)[1].toLowerCase();
}
// recursive function that sets all properties to null
// except objects which it passes back into the reset function
function reset(obj) {
// clone the object
var out = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(obj));
for (var p in out) {
if (toType(out[p]) === 'object') {
reset(out[p]);
} else {
out[p] = null;
}
}
return out;
}
reset(obj);
DEMO
I have an array of objects that can be of any length and any depth. I need to be able to find an object by its id and then modify that object within the array. Is there an efficient way to do this with either lodash or pure js?
I thought I could create an array of indexes that led to the object but constructing the expression to access the object with these indexes seems overly complex / unnecessary
edit1; thanks for all yours replies I will try and be more specific. i am currently finding the location of the object I am trying to modify like so. parents is an array of ids for each parent the target object has. ancestors might be a better name for this array. costCenters is the array of objects that contains the object I want to modify. this function recurses and returns an array of indexes that lead to the object I want to modify
var findAncestorsIdxs = function(parents, costCenters, startingIdx, parentsIdxs) {
var idx = startingIdx ? startingIdx : 0;
var pidx = parentsIdxs ? parentsIdxs : [];
_.each(costCenters, function(cc, ccIdx) {
if(cc.id === parents[idx]) {
console.log(pidx);
idx = idx + 1;
pidx.push(ccIdx);
console.log(pidx);
pidx = findAncestorsIdx(parents, costCenters[ccIdx].children, idx, pidx);
}
});
return pidx;
};
Now with this array of indexes how do I target and modify the exact object I want? I have tried this where ancestors is the array of indexes, costCenters is the array with the object to be modified and parent is the new value to be assigned to the target object
var setParentThroughAncestors = function(ancestors, costCenters, parent) {
var ccs = costCenters;
var depth = ancestors.length;
var ancestor = costCenters[ancestors[0]];
for(i = 1; i < depth; i++) {
ancestor = ancestor.children[ancestors[i]];
}
ancestor = parent;
console.log(ccs);
return ccs;
};
this is obviously just returning the unmodified costCenters array so the only other way I can see to target that object is to construct the expression like myObjects[idx1].children[2].grandchildren[3].ggranchildren[4].something = newValue. is that the only way? if so what is the best way to do that?
You can use JSON.stringify for this. It provides a callback for each visited key/value pair (at any depth), with the ability to skip or replace.
The function below returns a function which searches for objects with the specified ID and invokes the specified transform callback on them:
function scan(id, transform) {
return function(obj) {
return JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(obj, function(key, value) {
if (typeof value === 'object' && value !== null && value.id === id) {
return transform(value);
} else {
return value;
}
}));
}
If as the problem is stated, you have an array of objects, and a parallel array of ids in each object whose containing objects are to be modified, and an array of transformation functions, then it's just a matter of wrapping the above as
for (i = 0; i < objects.length; i++) {
scan(ids[i], transforms[i])(objects[i]);
}
Due to restrictions on JSON.stringify, this approach will fail if there are circular references in the object, and omit functions, regexps, and symbol-keyed properties if you care.
See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Using_native_JSON#The_replacer_parameter for more info.
As Felix Kling said, you can iterate recursively over all objects.
// Overly-complex array
var myArray = {
keyOne: {},
keyTwo: {
myId: {a: '3'}
}
};
var searchId = 'myId', // Your search key
foundValue, // Populated with the searched object
found = false; // Internal flag for iterate()
// Recursive function searching through array
function iterate(haystack) {
if (typeof haystack !== 'object' || haystack === null) return; // type-safety
if (typeof haystack[searchId] !== 'undefined') {
found = true;
foundValue = haystack[searchId];
return;
} else {
for (var i in haystack) {
// avoid circular reference infinite loop & skip inherited properties
if (haystack===haystack[i] || !haystack.hasOwnProperty(i)) continue;
iterate(haystack[i]);
if (found === true) return;
}
}
}
// USAGE / RESULT
iterate(myArray);
console.log(foundValue); // {a: '3'}
foundValue.b = 4; // Updating foundValue also updates myArray
console.log(myArray.keyTwo.myId); // {a: '3', b: 4}
All JS object assignations are passed as reference in JS. See this for a complete tutorial on objects :)
Edit: Thanks #torazaburo for suggestions for a better code.
If each object has property with the same name that stores other nested objects, you can use: https://github.com/dominik791/obj-traverse
findAndModifyFirst() method should solve your problem. The first parameter is a root object, not array, so you should create it at first:
var rootObj = {
name: 'rootObject',
children: [
{
'name': 'child1',
children: [ ... ]
},
{
'name': 'child2',
children: [ ... ]
}
]
};
Then use findAndModifyFirst() method:
findAndModifyFirst(rootObj, 'children', { id: 1 }, replacementObject)
replacementObject is whatever object that should replace the object that has id equal to 1.
You can try it using demo app:
https://dominik791.github.io/obj-traverse-demo/
Here's an example that extensively uses lodash. It enables you to transform a deeply nested value based on its key or its value.
const _ = require("lodash")
const flattenKeys = (obj, path = []) => (!_.isObject(obj) ? { [path.join('.')]: obj } : _.reduce(obj, (cum, next, key) => _.merge(cum, flattenKeys(next, [...path, key])), {}));
const registrations = [{
key: "123",
responses:
{
category: 'first',
},
}]
function jsonTransform (json, conditionFn, modifyFn) {
// transform { responses: { category: 'first' } } to { 'responses.category': 'first' }
const flattenedKeys = Object.keys(flattenKeys(json));
// Easily iterate over the flat json
for(let i = 0; i < flattenedKeys.length; i++) {
const key = flattenedKeys[i];
const value = _.get(json, key)
// Did the condition match the one we passed?
if(conditionFn(key, value)) {
// Replace the value to the new one
_.set(json, key, modifyFn(key, value))
}
}
return json
}
// Let's transform all 'first' values to 'FIRST'
const modifiedCategory = jsonTransform(registrations, (key, value) => value === "first", (key, value) => value = value.toUpperCase())
console.log('modifiedCategory --', modifiedCategory)
// Outputs: modifiedCategory -- [ { key: '123', responses: { category: 'FIRST' } } ]
I needed to modify deeply nested objects too, and found no acceptable tool for that purpose. Then I've made this and pushed it to npm.
https://www.npmjs.com/package/find-and
This small [TypeScript-friendly] lib can help with modifying nested objects in a lodash manner. E.g.,
var findAnd = require("find-and");
const data = {
name: 'One',
description: 'Description',
children: [
{
id: 1,
name: 'Two',
},
{
id: 2,
name: 'Three',
},
],
};
findAnd.changeProps(data, { id: 2 }, { name: 'Foo' });
outputs
{
name: 'One',
description: 'Description',
children: [
{
id: 1,
name: 'Two',
},
{
id: 2,
name: 'Foo',
},
],
}
https://runkit.com/embed/bn2hpyfex60e
Hope this could help someone else.
I wrote this code recently to do exactly this, as my backend is rails and wants keys like:
first_name
and my front end is react, so keys are like:
firstName
And these keys are almost always deeply nested:
user: {
firstName: "Bob",
lastName: "Smith",
email: "bob#email.com"
}
Becomes:
user: {
first_name: "Bob",
last_name: "Smith",
email: "bob#email.com"
}
Here is the code
function snakeCase(camelCase) {
return camelCase.replace(/([A-Z])/g, "_$1").toLowerCase()
}
export function snakeCasedObj(obj) {
return Object.keys(obj).reduce(
(acc, key) => ({
...acc,
[snakeCase(key)]: typeof obj[key] === "object" ? snakeCasedObj(obj[key]) : obj[key],
}), {},
);
}
Feel free to change the transform to whatever makes sense for you!