Find by key deep in a nested array

Question

Let\'s say I have an object:

[
    {
        \'title\': \"some title\"
        \'channel_id\':\'123we\'
        \'options\': [
                    {
                 


        

Answer 1

If you're already using Underscore, use _.find()

_.find(yourList, function (item) {
    return item.id === 1;
});

Answer 2

Just use recursive function.
See example below:

const data = [
  {
    title: 'some title',
    channel_id: '123we',
    options: [
      {
        channel_id: 'abc',
        image: 'http://asdasd.com/all-inclusive-block-img.jpg',
        title: 'All-Inclusive',
        options: [
          {
            channel_id: 'dsa2',
            title: 'Some Recommends',
            options: [
              {
                image: 'http://www.asdasd.com',
                title: 'Sandals',
                id: '1',
                content: {},
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
]

function _find(collection, key, value) {
  for (const o of collection) {
    for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(o)) {
      if (k === key && v === value) {
        return o
      }
      if (Array.isArray(v)) {
        const _o = _find(v, key, value)
        if (_o) {
          return _o
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

console.log(_find(data, 'channel_id', 'dsa2'))

Answer 3

I've created library for this purpose: https://github.com/dominik791/obj-traverse

You can use findFirst() method like this:

var foundObject = findFirst(rootObject, 'options', { 'id': '1' });

And now foundObject variable stores a reference to the object that you're looking for.

Answer 4

Some time ago I have made a small lib find-and, which is available on npm, for working with nested objects in a lodash manner. There's the returnFound function which returns the found object, or an object array if there's more than one object found.

E.g.,

const findAnd = require('find-and');

const a = [
  {
    'title': "some title",
    'channel_id':'123we',
    'options': [
      {
        'channel_id':'abc',
        'image':'http://asdasd.com/all-inclusive-block-img.jpg',
        'title':'All-Inclusive',
        'options':[
          {
            'channel_id':'dsa2',
            'title':'Some Recommends',
            'options':[
              {
                'image':'http://www.asdasd.com',
                'title':'Sandals',
                'id':'1',
                'content':{},
              },
            ],
          },
        ],
      },
    ],
  },
];

findAnd.returnFound(a, {id: '1'});

returns

{
  'image':'http://www.asdasd.com',
  'title':'Sandals',
  'id':'1',
  'content':{},
}

Answer 5

    fucntion getPath(obj, path, index = 0) {
        const nestedKeys = path.split('.')
        const selectedKey = nestedKeys[index]

        if (index === nestedKeys.length - 1) {
            return obj[selectedKey]
        }

        if (!obj.hasOwnProperty(selectedKey)) {
            return {}
        }

        const nextObj = obj[selectedKey]

        return Utils.hasPath(nextObj, path, index + 1)
    }

You're welcome By: Gorillaz