Format array of objects into a different array of objects standard format : Javascript

user16860065
April 5, 2023
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I am having an array of objects that looks like this

const input = [
  {
    group: {
      id: "group1",
      groupName: "Group1"
    },
    categories: [
      {
        id: "category11",
        categoryName: "Category 11",
        subCategories: []
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    group: {
      id: "group2",
      groupName: "Group 2"
    },
    categories: [
      {
        id: "category21",
        categoryName: "Category 21",
        subCategories: []
      },
      {
        id: "category22",
        categoryName: "Category 22",
        subCategories: [
          {
            id: "category221",
            categoryName: "Category 221",
            subCategories: []
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
];

I want this array to be translated into below array of objects, with objects containing key, name and categories as its standard format to maintain the uniformity.

const output = [
  {
    key: "group1",
    name: "Group1",
    categories: [
      {
        key: "category11",
        name: "Category 11",
        categories: []
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    key: "group2",
    name: "Group 2",
    categories: [
      {
        key: "category21",
        name: "Category 21",
        categories: []
      },
      {
        key: "category22",
        name: "Category 22",
        categories: [
          {
            key: "category221",
            name: "Category 221",
            categories: []
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
];

The first level of each object inside input should be considered as root in the final output and rest of items should be nested recursively inside this first level.

The code that I tried

const output = arr.map((item) => {
  return {
    key: item.group.id,
    name: item.group.groupName,
    categories: [{ ...item }]
  };
});

I was able to format the first level, but not the entire output. Can someone help me here?

Tags: arrays javascript

Answers

You can use recursivity for that

function formatItem(item) {
    let categories = []
    if (item.categories?.length > 0) {
        for (category of item.categories) {
            categories.push(formatItem(category))
        }
    }

    if (item.subCategories?.length > 0) {
        for (category of item.subCategories) {
            categories.push(formatItem(category))
        }
    }

    return {
        key: item.group?.id ?? item.id,
        name: item.group?.groupName ?? item.categoryName,
        categories: categories
    };
}

const output = arr.map(formatItem);

You could take a recursive approach with some renaming.

const
    format = ({ id, categoryName, categories, subCategories, group: { id: key, groupName: name } = { id, groupName: categoryName } }) => ({
        key,
        name,
        categories: (categories || subCategories).map(format)
    }),
    input = [{ group: { id: "group1", groupName: "Group1" }, categories: [{ id: "category11", categoryName: "Category 11", subCategories: [] }] }, { group: { id: "group2", groupName: "Group 2" }, categories: [ { id: "category21", categoryName: "Category 21", subCategories: [] }, { id: "category22", categoryName: "Category 22", subCategories: [{ id: "category221", categoryName: "Category 221", subCategories: [] }] }] }],
    result = input.map(format);

console.log(result);

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A simple recursive function:

function refactor(object) {
  if (Object.hasOwn(object, 'group')) {
    // Is a group
    return {
      key: object.group.id,
      name: object.group.groupName,
      // Refactor all categories
      categories: object.categories.map(refactor)
    };
  }

  // Is a category
  return {
    key: object.id,
    name: object.categoryName,
    // Refactor all subcategories
    categories: object.subCategories.map(refactor)
  };
}

console.log(input.map(refactor))

Try it:

function refactor(object) {
  if (Object.hasOwn(object, 'group')) {
    // Is not a category
    return {
      key: object.group.id,
      name: object.group.groupName,
      categories: object.categories.map(refactor)
    };
  }

  // Is a category
  return {
    key: object.id,
    name: object.categoryName,
    categories: object.subCategories.map(refactor)
  };
}

const input = [{
    group: {
      id: 'group1',
      groupName: 'Group1'
    },
    categories: [{
      id: 'category11',
      categoryName: 'Category 11',
      subCategories: []
    }]
  },
  {
    group: {
      id: 'group2',
      groupName: 'Group 2'
    },
    categories: [{
        id: 'category21',
        categoryName: 'Category 21',
        subCategories: []
      },
      {
        id: 'category22',
        categoryName: 'Category 22',
        subCategories: [{
          id: 'category221',
          categoryName: 'Category 221',
          subCategories: []
        }]
      }
    ]
  }
];

console.log(JSON.stringify(input.map(refactor), null, 2));

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You can do that pretty efficiently when you use a map object which maps old property names to new ones:

const data = [{ group: { id: "group1", groupName: "Group1" }, categories: [{ id: "category11", categoryName: "Category 11", subCategories: [] }] }, { group: { id: "group2", groupName: "Group 2" }, categories: [ { id: "category21", categoryName: "Category 21", subCategories: [] }, { id: "category22", categoryName: "Category 22", subCategories: [{ id: "category221", categoryName: "Category 221", subCategories: [] }] }] }]

const renames = {
  id: 'key',
  groupName: 'name',
  categoryName: 'name',
  subCategories: 'categories',
}
const renameKeys = (obj) => Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(obj).map(([prop, value]) => [renames[prop] ?? prop, Array.isArray(value) ? value.map(renameKeys) : value]))
const transform = (groups) => groups.map(({group, categories}) => renameKeys({...group, categories }))
console.log(transform(data))

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