What is treeify?
The treeify npm package is used to convert a flat, nested object into a visual tree structure. This can be useful for displaying hierarchical data in a more readable format, such as in command-line tools or debugging outputs.
What are treeify's main functionalities?
Convert object to tree
This feature allows you to convert a nested object into a string that visually represents a tree structure. The 'asTree' method takes the object and a boolean indicating whether to show empty values.
const treeify = require('treeify');
let tree = treeify.asTree({hello: 'world', foo: {bar: 'baz'}}, true);
console.log(tree);
Custom sorting of tree branches
This feature allows you to provide a custom sorting function for the keys of your object, which will affect the order in which branches are displayed in the tree.
const treeify = require('treeify');
let tree = treeify.asTree({foo: {bar: 'baz'}, hello: 'world'}, true, (a, b) => a.localeCompare(b));
console.log(tree);
Other packages similar to treeify
archy
Archy is an npm package that also allows you to render nested hierarchies with a tree structure. It is similar to treeify but has a different API and focuses on creating ASCII trees, which can be useful for command-line utilities.
ascii-tree
Ascii-tree is another npm package that generates ASCII trees from a flat string with indentation to represent the hierarchy. It differs from treeify in that it starts with a string representation of the tree rather than an object.