vivify

A simple tool to set/get nested objects through a clean API.

1) use case

Before describing how to install and use vivify, we need a small introduction for the best usage: you need to retrieve or set a key deep inside an object.

The purpose of this tool is helping you avoiding:

// get
var readValue = object['key1']['key2']..['keyN'];

var readValue = object.key1.key2...keyN

// set
object.key1 = {
    ...
    key2: {
        ...
        key3: {
            ..
            keyN: myValue
        }
    }
};

A similar approach will force you to check wether the keys/objects you're looking for are existing or not, and provide a valid solution if necessary. Vivify will try to solve this "problem".

2) installation

Simply run:

npm install -g vivifyjs

3) usage

Set a value:

var vivify = require('vivifyjs');
// import vivify from 'vivifyjs';

var guy = vivify.set('job.position.salary', 25000);

this will create an object with this structure

{
    job: {
        position: {
            salary: 25000
        }
    }
}

Read a value:

var position = vivify.get('job.position', guy);

And guess what? you will have this object in return:

{
    position: {
        salary: 25000
    }
}

Vivify can be used on already existing objects while setting values, but will create a new object if it's not passed as parameter. So, if you want to set a value inside the location object of window, you can simply do:

vivify.set('location.newKey', newValue, window);

4) about

Vivify is written in Javascript by Marco Stagni, and it's licensed under BSD-3-Clause.