Data Search Module

Introduction

This module's intended use, is to sift through an array of objects and search it for a value that matches a string.

Installation

npm i --save data-search-module

usage

const  searchDataFilter = require('data-search-module');
const dataToSearch=[
    {
        someDate:'1',
        someMoreData:{
            someNestedData:2
        }
    },
    {
        someDate:'1',
        someMoreData:{
            someNestedData:2
        }
    },
    {
        someDate:'1',
        someMoreData:{
            someNestedData:2
        }
    },
];

const searchFor = '1'
const searchResult = await searchDataFilter(searchFor, dataToSearch)
console.log(searchResult)

Guide Lines

• parameters
  • searchFor : item to be searched for, must be of type string
  • dataToSearch: item to be searched in, must be of type objects array
  • a 60% levesthein distance will result in a match