keyweaver

KeyWeaver is a lightweight utility library for generating unique string keys from nested data structures. It provides a simple and efficient way to represent complex data hierarchies as string keys, suitable for use in various scenarios such as caching, data storage, or object comparison.

Installation

using npm:

npm install --save keyweaver

or yarn:

yarn add keyweaver

or pnpm:

pnpm add keyweaver

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toKey

type NestedArray = Array<PrimitiveOrNested> | ReadonlyArray<PrimitiveOrNested>;

type NestedObject = {
  [key: string | number]: PrimitiveOrNested;
};

type PrimitiveOrNested =
  | boolean
  | string
  | number
  | undefined
  | null
  | bigint
  | Date
  | NestedObject
  | NestedArray;

const toKey: (value: PrimitiveOrNested) => string;

Generates unique string key from provided nested objects, arrays, and primitives. It recursively traverses the input data structure, converting each element into a string representation and concatenating them with delimiters to ensure uniqueness.

import toKey from 'keyweaver';

const key = toKey({
  name: 'John Doe',
  age: 30,
  address: {
    city: 'New York',
    zip: '10001',
    street: '123 Main St',
  },
  hobbies: ['reading', 'hiking', 'coding'],
  importantDates: {
    birthday: new Date('1990-01-01'),
    anniversary: new Date('2015-07-15'),
  },
  some: { very: [{ nested: 'value' }] },
});

toKey('null') !== toKey(null); // true

toKey(1) !== toKey('1'); // true

toKey(1) !== toKey([1]); // true

toKey({ prop1: true, prop2: false }) === toKey({ prop2: false, prop1: true }); // true

toKey({ prop1: true, prop2: undefined }) === toKey({ prop1: true }); // true

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License

MIT © Andrii Dubetskyi