Object Attribute Path Traverser. Safely traverse the javascript attribute tree using a text path representation. You can also check the existence of the path.

README　DEMO　in detail

Motivation

For example, I didn't like to write the following code every time...　humm...

const value = {
    children: {
        john: {hobby: [{name: "Cycling"}, {name: "Dance"}], pet: [{type: "dog", name: "Max"}]},
        tom: {hobby: [{name: "Squash"}], pet: [{type: "cat", name: "Chloe"}]}
    }
};

var answer = undefined;
if (value.children) {
    if (value.children.john) {
        if (value.children.john.hobby) {
            if (Array.isArray(value.children.john.hobby)) {
                if (value.children.john.hobby.length >= 2) {
                    if (value.children.john.hobby[1].name) {
                        answer = value.children.john.hobby[1].name;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

or

answer = value?.children?.john?.hobby[1]?.name;

The ugly thing above is nice if you can write it like this, right?

const {AttrPath}: any = require("attrpath");

var answer = AttrPath.traverse(value, ".children.john.hobby[1].name");

Features

Safely traverse the object path using the given path string. Also, an array may be included in the middle of the path.

Installation

npm install atttrpath

No modules depend on it.

Usage

Import

const {AttrPath}: any = require("attrpath");
// or
import {AttrPath} from 'attrpath';

traverse value.

result = AttrPath.traverse(object, path [default_value]);

params

| params | meaning | |-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | object: any | Target Object. | | path: string | Traverse path.　The beginning of the path is "." or "[". | | e.g. | ".cat.eye.left", ".dog['leg'][1].pad" , etc... | | default_value: any | The value to return if there is no corresponding value in the object path. default is "undefined". | | default_value: function | If you give a function, give the traverse result to the first argument of the function. |

result

| result | meaning | |-------------|-------------------------------------------| | result: any | Objects obtained as a result of traverse. |

Update the value if possible.

result = AttrPath.update(object, path , value);

params

| params | meaning | |--------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | object: any | Target Object. | | path: string | Traverse path.　The beginning of the path is "." or "[". | | e.g. | ".cat.eye.left", ".dog['leg'][1].pad" , etc... | | value: any | The value to update if the path exists.|

result

| result | meaning | |-----------------|----------------| | result: boolean | Has an update. |

path is grammatically valid?

result = AttrPath.is_valid(path);

params

| params | meaning | |--------------|----------------| | path: string | Traverse path. |

result

| result | meaning | |-----------------|---------------------------------| | result: boolean | path is grammatically correct? |

Default Value

If the result is Undefined, the default value is returned.

const {AttrPath} = require('attrpath');

    AttrPath.traverse({}, '.path', 1);

Example

const {AttrPath}: any = require("attrpath");

const value = {
    children: {
        john: {
            hobby: [{name: "Cycling"}, {name: "Dance"}],
            pet: [{type: "dog", name: "Max"}]
        },
        tom: {
            hobby: [{name: "Squash"}],
            pet: [{type: "cat", name: "Chloe"}]
        }
    }
};

console.log(AttrPath.traverse(value, '.children.john.hobby[0].name'))

> "Max"

console.log(AttrPath.traverse(value, '.children.john.hobby[1].name'))

> undefined


const Default = (n:any) => {
	console.log(n);
}

AttrPath.traverse(value, '.children.john.hobby[0].name', Default)

> "Max"

console.log(AttrPath.is_valid('.children.john.hobby[0].name'))

> true

console.log(AttrPath.is_valid('.children.john.hobby[0]..name'))

> false

more Example

class Klass {
	member = "name";

	Member() {
		return AttrPath.traverse(this, '.member');
	}
}

const klass = new Klass();
console.log(klass.Member())

> "name"

class ParentKlass {
	member = "name";
}

class SubKlass extends ParentKlass {
	Member() {
		return AttrPath.traverse(this, '.member');
	}
}

const sub_klass = new SubKlass();
console.log(sub_klass.Member())

> "name"

Example Data

    const value = {
        children: {
            john: {
                hobby: [{name: "Cycling"}, {name: "Dance"}],
                pet: [{type: "dog", name: "Max"}]
            },
            tom: {
                hobby: [{name: "Squash"}],
                pet: [{type: "cat", name: "Chloe"}]
            }
        }
    };

ESModule

import {AttrPath} from 'attrpath';

    AttrPath.traverse(value, '.children')
    AttrPath.is_valid('.children["john"].hobby[1].name')

CommonJS

const {AttrPath} = require('attrpath');

    AttrPath.traverse(value, '.children');
    AttrPath.is_valid('.children["john"].hobby[1].name')

Array

The original value can be an array.

const {AttrPath} = require('attrpath');

    AttrPath.traverse([1], '[0]');

Undefined

Returns Undefined if the original value is not an object.

const {AttrPath} = require('attrpath');

    AttrPath.traverse(null, '.path');
    AttrPath.traverse(undefined, '.path');
    AttrPath.traverse(false, '.path');
    AttrPath.traverse(true, '.path');
    AttrPath.traverse(NaN, '.path');
    AttrPath.traverse(Infinity, '.path');
    AttrPath.traverse(0, '.path');
    AttrPath.traverse(-1, '.path');
    AttrPath.traverse("", '.path');
    AttrPath.traverse("1", '.path');
    AttrPath.traverse([1], '.path');
    AttrPath.traverse({}, '.path');

Tips

Note that the result object is just the argument object, so mutating the result object has the side effect of modifying the argument object. This side effect can actually be useful.

const before = [{name: "Dance"}];
AttrPath.traverse(before, '[0]').name = "Breaking";
console.log(before);
		
[{name: "Breaking"}]

Hostory

v0.5.5

update Method.

update Method impl.

v0.5.2

Bug Fix

Fixed to work correctly when the key contains ".".

    const value = {
        "children.john": {
                hobby: [{name: "Cycling"}, {name: "Dance"}],
                pet: [{type: "dog", name: "Max"}]
            }
    };

    AttrPath.traverse(value, "['children.john']");

Note

The results of using objects, arrays, and symbols as keys are unknown.

See demo.md for unclear cases.

Author

[email protected]

License

"AttrPath" is under MIT license.