Fastest way to flatten / un-flatten nested JSON objects

Question

I threw some code together to flatten and un-flatten complex/nested JSON objects. It works, but it\'s a bit slow (triggers the \'long script\' warning).

For the flat

Answer 1

Use this library:

npm install flat

Usage (from https://www.npmjs.com/package/flat):

Flatten:

    var flatten = require('flat')


    flatten({
        key1: {
            keyA: 'valueI'
        },
        key2: {
            keyB: 'valueII'
        },
        key3: { a: { b: { c: 2 } } }
    })

    // {
    //   'key1.keyA': 'valueI',
    //   'key2.keyB': 'valueII',
    //   'key3.a.b.c': 2
    // }

Un-flatten:

var unflatten = require('flat').unflatten

unflatten({
    'three.levels.deep': 42,
    'three.levels': {
        nested: true
    }
})

// {
//     three: {
//         levels: {
//             deep: 42,
//             nested: true
//         }
//     }
// }