Flatten Object

Flatten an object.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/utils-flatten-object

Usage

var flattenObject = require( '@stdlib/utils-flatten-object' );

flattenObject( obj[, options] )

Flattens an object.

var obj = {
    'a': {
        'b': {
            'c': 'd'
        }
    }
};

var out = flattenObject( obj );
// returns { 'a.b.c': 'd' }

The function accepts the following options:

• depth: maximum depth to flatten.
• copy: boolean indicating whether to deep copy property values. Default: false.
• delimiter: key path delimiter. Default: '.'.
• flattenArrays: boolean indicating whether to flatten arrays. Default: false.

To flatten to a specified depth, set the depth option.

var obj = {
    'a': {
        'b': {
            'c': 'd'
        }
    }
};

var out = flattenObject( obj, {
    'depth': 1
});
// returns { 'a.b': {'c': 'd'} }

var bool = ( obj.a.b === out['a.b'] );
// returns true

To deep copy property values, set the copy option to true.

var obj = {
    'a': {
        'b': {
            'c': 'd'
        }
    }
};

var out = flattenObject( obj, {
    'depth': 1,
    'copy': true
});
// returns { 'a.b': { 'c': 'd' } }

var bool = ( obj.a.b === out['a.b'] );
// returns false

To specify a custom key path delimiter, set the delimiter option.

var obj = {
    'a': {
        'b': {
            'c': 'd'
        }
    }
};

var out = flattenObject( obj, {
    'delimiter': '-|-'
});
// returns { 'a-|-b-|-c': 'd' }

By default, the function does not flatten arrays. To flatten arrays, set the flattenArrays option to true.

var obj = {
    'a': {
        'b': [ 1, 2, 3 ]
    }
};

var out = flattenObject( obj, {
    'flattenArrays': true
});
// returns { 'a.b.0': 1, 'a.b.1': 2, 'a.b.2': 3 }

flattenObject.factory( options )

Returns a function to flatten an object.

var flatten = flattenObject.factory({
    'delimiter': '|',
    'flattenArrays': true
});

var obj = {
    'a': {
        'b': {
            'c': 'd'
        }
    }
};

var out = flatten( obj );
// returns { 'a|b|c': 'd' }

obj = {
    'a': {
        'b': [ 1, 2, 3 ]
    }
};
out = flatten( obj );
// returns { 'a|b|0': 1, 'a|b|1': 2, 'a|b|2': 3 }

The function accepts the same options as flattenObject().

Examples

var Float64Array = require( '@stdlib/array-float64' );
var string2buffer = require( '@stdlib/buffer-from-string' );
var flattenObject = require( '@stdlib/utils-flatten-object' );

function noop() {
    // Do nothing...
}

var obj = {
    'a': {
        'b': {
            'beep': 'boop',
            'foo': 'bar'
        },
        'c': [ 1, 2, 3 ],
        'd': true,
        'e': null,
        'f': 3.14,
        'g': new Date(),
        'h': {
            'bip': 6,
            'bop': [ 4, 5, 6 ]
        },
        'i': [ null, true, {} ],
        'j': /.*/,
        'k': noop,
        'l': NaN,
        'm': [],
        'n': string2buffer( 'hello' ),
        'o': {
            'data': new Float64Array( 10 )
        },
        'p': {
            '1': {
                '2': {
                    '3': {}
                }
            }
        }
    }
};

var out = flattenObject( obj, {
    'depth': 5,
    'copy': true,
    'flattenArrays': false,
    'delimiter': '-|-'
});
/* returns
    {
        'a-|-b-|-beep': 'boop',
        'a-|-b-|-foo': 'bar',
        'a-|-c': [1,2,3],
        'a-|-d': true,
        'a-|-e': null,
        'a-|-f': 3.14,
        'a-|-g': <Date>,
        'a-|-h-|-bip': 6,
        'a-|-h-|-bop': [4,5,6],
        'a-|-i': [null,true,{}],
        'a-|-j': <RegExp>,
        'a-|-k': <Function>,
        'a-|-l': NaN,
        'a-|-m': [],
        'a-|-n': <Buffer>,
        'a-|-o-|-data': <Float64Array>,
        'a-|-p-|-1-|-2-|-3': {}
    }
*/

See Also

• @stdlib/utils-flatten-array: flatten an array.

Notice

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