Urlploader

Converts back and forth flat arrays to and from tree structured arrays. It uses the urls to establish the tree structure and hierarchy.

Installation

npm install urlploader

Usage

var urlPloader = require('urlploader');
var up = new urlPloader(options);

var flatArray = up.toFlat(myTree);
var treeArray = up.toTree(flatArray);

Options

var options = {
    subItemsKey: 'items',
    urlKey : 'uri',
    ignoreProtocol: true
}

• subItemsKey default pages type string The key name which identifies sub items
• urlKey default url type string The key name which identifies the url
• ignoreProtocol default false type boolean If true, http, https, //, of urls will be ignored

Data-example

Converts this flat array...

[
  {
    "url": "mydomain.com/blog",
    "title": "Blog"
  },
  {
    "url": "mydomain.com/contact",
    "title": "Contact"
  },
  {
    "url": "mydomain.com/info/sub",
    "data": {
      "key": "value1"
    }
  },
  {
    "url": "mydomain.com/info",
    "title": "Info"
  },
  {
    "url": "mydomain.com",
    "title": "my start page"
  }
]

...to a tree:

[{
  "pages": [
    {
      "url": "mydomain.com",
      "title": "my start page",
      "pages": [
        {
          "url": "mydomain.com/blog",
          "title": "Blog"
        },
        {
          "url": "mydomain.com/contact",
          "title": "Contact"
        },
        {
          "url": "mydomain.com/info",
          "title": "Info",
          "pages": [
            {
              "url": "mydomain.com/info/sub",
              "data": {
                "key": "value1"
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}]