Entity diff

A simple entity diff generator.

generates a list of changes made to the entity.

All you need are two objects, one with the entity before the changes and the other with it after the changes.

Try it out

how to Install

npm:

npm install entity-diff

yarn:

yarn add entity-diff

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How to use:

 
import { Audit } from "entity-diff";
 
const audit = new Audit();
 
const before = {
  name: "Mason",
  age: 20
};
 
const after = {
  name: "Mason Floyd",
  age: 20
};
 
const result = audit.diff(before, after);
 
// result:
// [
//   {
//     key: "name",
//     from: "Mason",
//     to: "Mason Floyd"
//   }
// ]
 

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Audit Options:

It is possible to change some information in the final result of the diffs using parameters.

Ignoring properties

It is possible to ignore some keys of the objects audited through a list.

  import { Audit } from "entity-diff";
 
  const before = {
    name: "Mason",
    age: 20
  };
 
  const after = {
    name: "Mason Floyd", // this change will be ignored
    age: 25
  };
 
  const ignore = ["name"]; 
 
  const audit = new Audit({ ignore });
 
  const result = audit.diff(before, after);
 
  // result:
  // [
  //   {
  //     key: "age",
  //     from: 20,
  //     to: 25
  //   }
  // ]

Different name in the keys

Changing the name that appears in the key in the result

  import { Audit } from "entity-diff";
 
  const before = {
    name: "Mason",
    age: 20
  };
 
  const after = {
    name: "Mason Floyd",
    age: 25
  };
 
  const options = [{ key: "name", title: "Person name" }]; 
 
  const audit = new Audit({ options });
 
  const result = audit.diff(before, after);
 
  // result:
  // [
  //   {
  //     key: "Person name", // title defined in options
  //     from: "Mason",
  //     to: "Mason Floyd"
  //   }
  // ]

formatting the values displayed in "from" and "to"

It can be done through a function defined in options

  import { format } from 'date-fns'
  import { Audit } from "entity-diff";
 
  const before = {
    name: "Mason",
    age: 20
  };
 
  const after = {
    name: "Mason Floyd",
    age: 20,
    updatedAt: "2020-09-08T18:04:56.627Z"
  };
 
  const options = [
    {
      key: "updatedAt",
      customFormatter: date => format(new Date(date), "MM/dd/yyyy")
    }
  ]; 
 
  const audit = new Audit({ options });
 
  const result = audit.diff(before, after);
 
  // result:
  // [
  //   {
  //     key: "updatedAt",
  //     from: null,
  //     to: "09/08/2020"
  //   }
  // ]

Working with array diffs

when working with arrays, diffs are generated only when there is some value in "arrayOptions".

The "key" property represents the key used to find the entities within the other array. it is optional, but by default entity-diff looks for the "id" key.

  import { Audit } from "entity-diff";
 
  const before = {
    name: "Mason",
    age: 20,
    roles: [
      {
        id: 1,
        name: "ADM"
      },
      {
        id: 2,
        name: "USER"
      }
    ]
  };
 
  const after = {
    name: "Mason",
    age: 20,
    roles: [
      {
        id: 1,
        name: "SUPER_USER"
      },
      {
        id: 3,
        name: "TEC"
      }
    ]
  };
 
  const options = [
    {
      key: "roles",
      arrayOptions: {
        name: "name"
      }
    }
  ]; 
 
  const audit = new Audit({ options });
 
  const result = audit.diff(before, after);
 
  // resut:
  // [
  //     {
  //         "key": "roles",
  //         "type": "ARRAY",
  //         "details": [
  //             {
  //                 "key": "ADM",
  //                 "type": "MODIFIED",
  //                 "details": [
  //                     {
  //                         "key": "name",
  //                         "from": "ADM",
  //                         "to": "SUPER_USER"
  //                     }
  //                 ]
  //             },
  //             {
  //                 "key": "TEC",
  //                 "type": "NEW",
  //                 "details": [
  //                     {
  //                         "key": "id",
  //                         "from": null,
  //                         "to": 3
  //                     },
  //                     {
  //                         "key": "name",
  //                         "from": null,
  //                         "to": "TEC"
  //                     }
  //                 ]
  //             },
  //             {
  //                 "key": "USER",
  //                 "type": "REMOVED",
  //                 "details": [
  //                     {
  //                         "key": "id",
  //                         "from": 2,
  //                         "to": null
  //                     },
  //                     {
  //                         "key": "name",
  //                         "from": "USER",
  //                         "to": null
  //                     }
  //                 ]
  //             }
  //         ]
  //     }
  // ]