Appending to an object

Question

I have an object that holds alerts and some information about them:

var alerts = { 
    1: { app: \'helloworld\', message: \'message\' },
    2: { app: \'hel         


        

Answer 1

Try this:

alerts.splice(0,0,{"app":"goodbyeworld","message":"cya"});

Works pretty well, it'll add it to the start of the array.

Answer 2

Like other answers pointed out, you might find it easier to work with an array.

If not:

var alerts = { 
    1: {app:'helloworld',message:'message'},
    2: {app:'helloagain',message:'another message'}
}

// Get the current size of the object
size = Object.keys(alerts).length

//add a new alert 
alerts[size + 1] = {app:'Your new app', message:'your new message'}

//Result:
console.log(alerts)
{ 
    1: {app:'helloworld',message:'message'},
    2: {app:'helloagain',message:'another message'}
    3: {app: "Another hello",message: "Another message"}
}      

try it:

https://jsbin.com/yogimo/edit?js,console

Answer 3

As an alternative, in ES6, spread syntax might be used. ${Object.keys(alerts).length + 1} returns next id for alert.

let alerts = { 
    1: {app:'helloworld',message:'message'},
    2: {app:'helloagain',message:'another message'}
};

alerts = {
  ...alerts, 
  [`${Object.keys(alerts).length + 1}`]: 
  { 
    app: `helloagain${Object.keys(alerts).length + 1}`,message: 'next message' 
  } 
};

console.log(alerts);

Answer 4

You can do this with Object.assign(). Sometimes you need an array, but when working with functions that expect a single JSON object -- such as an OData call -- I've found this method simpler than creating an array only to unpack it.

var alerts = { 
    1: {app:'helloworld',message:'message'},
    2: {app:'helloagain',message:'another message'}
}

alerts = Object.assign({3: {app:'helloagain_again',message:'yet another message'}}, alerts)

//Result:
console.log(alerts)
{ 
    1: {app:'helloworld',message:'message'},
    2: {app:'helloagain',message:'another message'}
    3: {app: "helloagain_again",message: "yet another message"}
} 

EDIT: To address the comment regarding getting the next key, you can get an array of the keys with the Object.keys() function -- see Vadi's answer for an example of incrementing the key. Similarly, you can get all the values with Object.values() and key-values pairs with Object.entries().

var alerts = { 
    1: {app:'helloworld',message:'message'},
    2: {app:'helloagain',message:'another message'}
}
console.log(Object.keys(alerts))
// Output
Array [ "1", "2" ]

Answer 5

I'm sorry but i can't comment your answers already due my reputation!...so, if you wanna modify the structure of your object, you must do like Thane Plummer says, but a little trick if you do not care where to put the item: it will be inserted on first position if you don't specify the number for the insertion.

This is wonderful if you want to pass a Json object for instance to a mongoDB function call and insert a new key inside the conditions you receive. In this case I gonna insert a item myUid with some info from a variable inside my code:

// From backend or anywhere
let myUid = { _id: 'userid128344'};
// ..
// ..

  let myrequest = { _id: '5d8c94a9f629620ea54ccaea'};
  const answer = findWithUid( myrequest).exec();

// ..
// ..

function findWithUid( conditions) {
  const cond_uid = Object.assign({uid: myUid}, conditions);
  // the object cond_uid now is:
  // {uid: 'userid128344', _id: '5d8c94a9f629620ea54ccaea'}
  // so you can pass the new object Json completly with the new key
  return myModel.find(cond_uid).exec();
}

Answer 6

Way easier with ES6:

let exampleObj = {
  arg1: {
    subArg1: 1,
    subArg2: 2,
  },
  arg2: {
    subArg1: 1,
    subArg2: 2,
  }
};

exampleObj.arg3 = {
  subArg1: 1,
  subArg2: 2,
};

console.log(exampleObj);

{
arg1: {subArg1: 1, subArg2: 2}
arg2: {subArg1: 1, subArg2: 2}
arg3: {subArg1: 1, subArg2: 2}
}