Insides

Small JavaScript utility library for working with nested objects.

Installation

npm install insides --save

Quick Examples

  var buildObject = require("insides").buildObject;
  var reduceKV    = require("insides").reduceKV;
  var getIn       = require("insides").getIn;
  var setIn       = require("insides").setIn;
 
  var object = buildObject([
    [ [ "a", "b", "c" ], 1 ],
    [ [ "a", "b", "d" ], 2 ],
    [ [ "e" ], 3 ]
  ]);
 
  console.log(JSON.stringify(object, null, 2));
  // {
  //   "a": {
  //     "b": {
  //       "c": 1,
  //       "d": 2
  //     }
  //   },
  //   "e": 3
  // }
 
  var depth = 3;
  var sum = reduceKV(object, depth, function(memo, key, value) {
    return memo + value;
  }, 0);
 
  console.log("sum: " + sum);
  // sum: 3
 
  var abcValue = getIn(object, [ "a", "b", "c" ]);
 
  console.log("abc value: " + abcValue);
  // abc value: 1
 
  var abgValue = getIn(object, [ "a", "b", "g" ], "not found");
 
  console.log("abg value: " + abgValue);
  // abg value: not found
 
  var newObject = setIn(object, [ "a", "b", "g" ], 10);
  var newAbgValue = getIn(newObject, [ "a", "b", "g" ], "not found");
 
  console.log("new abg value: " + newAbgValue);
  // new abg value: 10

Functions

buildObject(objectMap)

Creates object from nestedArray:

var object = buildObject([ [ "a", 2 ] ]); // => { a: 2 }
 
var object = buildObject([ [ [ "a", "b" ], 2 ] ]); // => { a: { b: 2 } }
 
var object = buildObject([
  [ [ "a", "b" ], 2 ],
  [ [ "a", "c" ], 3 ]
]); // => { a: { b: 2, c: 3 } }

Argument is array of two-element arrays, first element is key map for the value, and second argument is the value;

getIn(object, keys, [notFound])

Returns value from nested object.

Arguments

• object - object from which to return value
• keys - keys array, could be a string or a array of keys: "a", [ "a", "b" ] or "a.b"
• notFound - optional not found value, defaults to undefined

Differences from object.a.b.c:

If object.a does not exists this will thor a TypeError, getIn(object, [ "a", "b", "c" ]) returns undefined.

setIn(object, keys, value/callback);

Sets value in object for provided keys array. Overwrites everything that was in this key and returns new object (initial one is left unchanged).

Arguments

• object - object to update value
• keys - keys array, could be a string or a array of keys: "a", [ "a", "b" ] or "a.b"
• value/callback - value or a callback to update the object:
  • value - overwrites object at given keys to provided value
  • callback - calls callback(key, value) and replaces object at given key path to return value of the callback

updateIn(object, keys, value/callback);

The same as setIn but updates the values instead of replacing them:

var object = { "a": { "b": 3, "c": 2 } };
 
var setObject = setIn(object, [ "a" ], { b: 5 });
// => { "a": { "b": 5 } }
 
var updateObject = setIn(object, [ "a" ], { b: 5 });
// => { "a": { "b": 5, "c": 2 } }
 

eachKV(object, [depth], callback)

Iterates over object calling callback on each matching value.

Arguments

• object - object to iterate on
• [depth] - optional depth argument, positive integer, defaults to 0
• callback - callback to be run on every matching node: callback(key, value, object)

mapKV(object, [depth], callback)

Same as eachKV but returns new object instead of updating existing one, returns new object (initial one is left unchanged).

reduceKV(object, [depth], callback, [initialValue])

Reduces nested object using provided callback.

Arguments

• object - object to reduce
• [depth] - optional depth argument, positive integer, defaults to 0
• callback - callback to be run on every matching node: callback(memo, key, value, object)
• [initialValue] - optional initial value for first memo in callback