Data:
var data = [
{
\"id\": 1,
\"level\": \"1\",
\"text\": \"Sammy\",
\"type\": \"Item\",
\"items\": [
Since this older question has been brought back up, here is a modern version. It does not mutate (@Nina Scholz: or mutilate!) the original data, but returns a new array containing new objects.
const flattenItems = (xs) =>
xs. flatMap (({items, ... node}) => [node, ... flattenItems (items || [])])
const 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}]}]}]
console .log (flattenItems (data))
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This version does not include the fairly useless items
property. It would be easy enough to add it in, with something like this:
const flattenItems = (xs) =>
xs. flatMap (({items, ... node}) => [
{... node, items: items == null ? null : []},
... flattenItems (items || [])
])
This solution should work on IE11; uses filter, map, and reduce.
var item = function(x) {
return {
"id": x.id,
"level": x.level,
"text": x.text,
"type": x.type,
"items": x.items ? [] : null
}
}
var flatten = function(a, b) {
return a.concat(b);
};
var onlyUnique = function(acc, curr) {
if (acc.length == 0) {
acc.push(curr);
} else {
var search = acc.filter(function(x){return x.id===curr.id;})
if (search.length == 0) {
acc.push(curr);
}
}
return acc;
}
var newData = data.map(function(x) {
return x.items.map(function(xx) {
return xx.items.map(function(xxx) {
return [item(x), item(xx), item(xxx)];
}).reduce(flatten, []);
}).reduce(flatten, [])
}).reduce(flatten, []).reduce(onlyUnique, []);;
console.log(JSON.stringify(newData, null, 2))
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('<pre>' + JSON.stringify(result, 0, 4) + '</pre>');
A solution in plain Javascript with respect to the items. It does not mutate the source array.
function flat(r, a) {
var b = {};
Object.keys(a).forEach(function (k) {
if (k !== 'items') {
b[k] = a[k];
}
});
r.push(b);
if (Array.isArray(a.items)) {
b.items = a.items.map(function (a) { return a.id; });
return a.items.reduce(flat, r);
}
return r;
}
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 }] }] }];
document.write('<pre>' + JSON.stringify(data.reduce(flat, []), 0, 4) + '</pre>');
Plain JavaScript
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 r = [];
function flatten(a) {
if (a.length == 0) return;
var o = {};
o.id = a[0].id;
o.level = a[0].level;
o.text = a[0].text;
o.type = a[0].type
o.items = a[0].items == null ? null : []
r.push(o);
if (Array.isArray(a[0].items)) {
flatten(a[0].items);
}
a.shift();
flatten(a);
}
flatten(data);
document.write('<pre>' + JSON.stringify(r, 0, 2) + '</pre>');
Since Lo-Dash 3.0.0, _.flattenDeep(data) will return a deeply flattened array as you desire. There is also a _.flatten(data) function that flattens shallowly.