Deep Flatten JavaScript Object Recursively

Question

Data:

var data = [
    {
      \"id\": 1,
      \"level\": \"1\",
      \"text\": \"Sammy\",
      \"type\": \"Item\",
      \"items\": [
               


        

Answer 1

A shorter solution using reduce and recursion

function flatten(data){
  return data.reduce(function(result,next){
    result.push(next);
    if(next.items){
      result = result.concat(flatten(next.items));  
      next.items = [];
    }
    return result;
  },[]);
}

var data = [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "level": "1",
      "text": "Sammy",
      "type": "Item",
      "items": [
        {
          "id": 11,
          "level": "2",
          "text": "Table",
          "type": "Item",
          "items": [
            {
              "id": 111,
              "level": "3",
              "text": "Dog",
              "type": "Item",
              "items": null
            },
            {
              "id": 112,
              "level": "3",
              "text": "Cat",
              "type": "Item",
              "items": null
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": 12,
          "level": "2",
          "text": "Chair",
          "type": "Item",
          "items": [
            {
              "id": 121,
              "level": "3",
              "text": "Dog",
              "type": "Item",
              "items": null
            },
            {
              "id": 122,
              "level": "3",
              "text": "Cat",
              "type": "Item",
              "items": null
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 2,
      "level": "1",
      "text": "Sundy",
      "type": "Item",
      "items": [
        {
          "id": 21,
          "level": "2",
          "text": "MTable",
          "type": "Item",
          "items": [
            {
              "id": 211,
              "level": "3",
              "text": "MTDog",
              "type": "Item",
              "items": null
            },
            {
              "id": 212,
              "level": "3",
              "text": "MTCat",
              "type": "Item",
              "items": null
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": 22,
          "level": "2",
          "text": "MChair",
          "type": "Item",
          "items": [
            {
              "id": 221,
              "level": "3",
              "text": "MCDog",
              "type": "Item",
              "items": null
            },
            {
              "id": 222,
              "level": "3",
              "text": "MCCat",
              "type": "Item",
              "items": null
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 3,
      "level": "1",
      "text": "Bruce",
      "type": "Folder",
      "items": [
        {
          "id": 31,
          "level": "2",
          "text": "BTable",
          "type": "Item",
          "items": [
            {
              "id": 311,
              "level": "3",
              "text": "BTDog",
              "type": "Item",
              "items": null
            },
            {
              "id": 312,
              "level": "3",
              "text": "BTCat",
              "type": "Item",
              "items": null
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": 32,
          "level": "2",
          "text": "Chair",
          "type": "Item",
          "items": [
            {
              "id": 321,
              "level": "3",
              "text": "BCDog",
              "type": "Item",
              "items": null
            },
            {
              "id": 322,
              "level": "3",
              "text": "BCCat",
              "type": "Item",
              "items": null
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ];

var result = flatten(data);

document.write('
' + JSON.stringify(result, 0, 4) + '
');