object2dot

Object2dot

Description: This npm module is used to take a nested object and return an array of dot notation keys, return a new object where keys are dot notation or rebuild a flattened object.

npm install object2dot --save

var object2dot = require('object2dot');

methods:

object2dot.keys(object) //returns array of keys.
object2dot.flatten(object) //returns object flattened to dot notation.	
object2dot.rebuild(flat_object) //returns object rebuild from flattened state 

Usage:

var nestedObj = {

key1: {
    nest1: {
        value: '12341512'
    }
},
key2: {
    value: 'awef1234125qw2ef',
    value2: '234234'
},
key3: {
    nest1: {
        value: '1234134'
    },
    nest2: {
        value: '12341234',
        value2: '1234343'
    }
}
};	

console.log(object2dot.keys(nestedObj));

//Returns

[ 'key1.nest1.value',
  'key2.value',
  'key2.value2',
  'key3.nest1.value',
  'key3.nest2.value',
  'key3.nest2.value2' ]
  
console.log(object2dot.flatten(nestedObj));

//returns

var flatObj ={ 'key1.nest1.value': '12341512',
  'key2.value': 'awef1234125qw2ef',
 'key2.value2': '234234',
 'key3.nest1.value': '1234134',
 'key3.nest2.value': '12341234',
 'key3.nest2.value2': '1234343' }
 
 console.log(object2dot.rebuild(flatObj));
 
 //returns 
 
 key1: {
    nest1: {
        value: '12341512'
    }
},
 key2: {
    value: 'awef1234125qw2ef',
    value2: '234234'
},
 key3: {
    nest1: {
        value: '1234134'
    },
    nest2: {
        value: '12341234',
        value2: '1234343'
    }
}