find and modify deeply nested object in javascript array

Question

I have an array of objects that can be of any length and any depth. I need to be able to find an object by its id and then modify that object within the array. Is there an

Answer 1

I needed to modify deeply nested objects too, and found no acceptable tool for that purpose. Then I've made this and pushed it to npm.

https://www.npmjs.com/package/find-and

This small [TypeScript-friendly] lib can help with modifying nested objects in a lodash manner. E.g.,

var findAnd = require("find-and");

const data = {
  name: 'One',
  description: 'Description',
  children: [
    {
      id: 1,
      name: 'Two',
    },
    {
      id: 2,
      name: 'Three',
    },
  ],
};

findAnd.changeProps(data, { id: 2 }, { name: 'Foo' });

outputs

{
  name: 'One',
  description: 'Description',
  children: [
    {
      id: 1,
      name: 'Two',
    },
    {
      id: 2,
      name: 'Foo',
    },
  ],
}

https://runkit.com/embed/bn2hpyfex60e

Hope this could help someone else.