How to use lodash to find and return an object from Array?

Question

My objects:

[
    {
        description: \'object1\', id: 1
    },
    {
        description: \'object2\', id: 2
    }
    {
        description: \'object3\         


        

Answer 1

lodash and ES5

var song = _.find(songs, {id:id});

lodash and ES6

let song = _.find(songs, {id});

docs at https://lodash.com/docs#find

Answer 2

var delete_id = _(savedViews).where({ description : view }).get('0.id')

Answer 3

The argument passed to the callback is one of the elements of the array. The elements of your array are objects of the form {description: ..., id: ...}.

var delete_id = _.result(_.find(savedViews, function(obj) {
    return obj.description === view;
}), 'id');

Yet another alternative from the docs you linked to (lodash v3):

_.find(savedViews, 'description', view);

Lodash v4:

_.find(savedViews, ['description', view]);

Answer 4

You don't need Lodash or Ramda or any other extra dependency.

Just use the ES6 find() function in a functional way:

savedViews.find(el => el.description === view)

Sometimes you need to use 3rd-party libraries to get all the goodies that come with them. However, generally speaking, try avoiding dependencies when you don't need them. Dependencies can:

• bloat your bundled code size,
• you will have to keep them up to date,
• and they can introduce bugs or security risks