simple-object-query

npm install simple-object-query

bower install simple-object-query

Really simple lib to find a deep value in an object

I'll use this source object for all examples

var source = {
    data: [
        {
            item: {
                name: 'select',
                options: {
                    length: 4,
                    property: {
                        name: 'input'
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        {
            item: {
                name: 'group',
                options: {
                    length: 2,
                    property: {
                        name: 'input'
                    }
                },
                type: 'number'
            }
        }
    ]
};

get

This function will return value of deep field if it is own property. You can use * if you don't know exact index in array.

var get = require('simple-object-query').get;
 
get(source, 'data.*.item.name'); // 'select'
get(source, 'data.1.item.name'); // 'group'
get(source, 'data.*.item.type'); // 'number'

Basically you will use this method only when you need a * because without it you can get value just with regular code.

where

This is filter function for array. It will return all items which deep fields will be equal to query values. You can use regular expression to test deep field value.

var where = require('simple-object-query').where;
 
where(source.data, {
    'item.name': /(select|group)/,
    'item.type': 'number',
    'item.options': function (value) {
    	return typeof value === 'object';
    }
});
/*
 [
   {
        item: {
            name: 'group',
            type: 'number',
            options: {...},
        }
    }
 ]
*/

You can do even more complicated query with array of queries. Items of this array can be one of three types:

1. Object - regular query
2. Function - should be map function which will return new value instead of previous result
3. String - shortcut for map function with get function with current query string (item) => get(item, string)

var src = {
    root: {
        node: [
            {a: {b: 1}},
            {a: {c: 2}},
            {a: {d: 3, g: [{e: 3},{f: 4}]}},
            {a: {d: 3, g: [{e: 5},{f: 5}]}},
            {a: {d: 4, g: [{e: 3},{f: 4}]}},
            {a: {d: 4, g: [{e: 5},{f: 5}]}}
        ]
    }
};
 
var q = require('simple-object-query'),
    _ = require('underscore');
 
q.where(src.root.node, [
    {
        'a.d': 3
    },
    'a.g',
    _.flatten, // or lite version (single level) analog q.flatten
    {
        'e': 5
    }
]);
/*
 [
  {a: {d: 3, g: [{e: 5},{f: 5}]}}
 ]
*/

find

This function will recursively find a deep object which has deep fields as in query object and their values are equal to values from query object. As values in query object you can use regular expressions.

var find = require('simple-object-query').find;
 
find(source, {
    'options.property.name': 'input'
});
/*
 [
  {name: 'select', options: {...}},
  {name: 'group', options: {...}}
 ]
*/
 
find(source, {
    'name': 'group',
    'options.property.name': 'input'
});
/*
 [
  {name: 'group', options: {...}}
 ]
*/
 
find(source, {
    'options.length': /\d+/
});
/*
 [
  {name: 'select', options: {...}},
  {name: 'group', options: {...}}
 ]
*/

search

Difference between find is that it takes parameters as object of type

{
    source: object,
    query: object, // same object as for "find"
    exclude: array, // array of names of properties which are links to other objects in source (circular links)
    recursion: true, // deep search or not
    callback: function (object) {} // optional callback for each found target
}

If you will not set callback then search will return array of objects of next type

{
    parent: object, // link to parent object
    field: 'string', // name of parent property of target object
    target: object, // searched object
    path: ['path', 'to', 'object'] // this path means that target is in source.path.to.object property
}

Warning: if your input object has circular links (like parent fields or like previousSibling in DOM) then you should set path to this fields in exclude array to prevent endless recursion.

var search = require('simple-object-query').search;
 
search({
    source: source,
    query: {
        'options.property.name': 'input'
    }
});
/*
 [
  {
    parent: {item: {...}},
    field: 'item',
    path: ['data', '0', 'item'],
    target: {name: 'select', options: {...}}
  },
  {
    parent: {item: {...}},
    field: 'item',
    path: ['data', '1', 'item'],
    target: {name: 'group', options: {...}}
  }
 ]
*/
 
source.data[0].item.list = source.data;
 
search({
    source: source,
    query: {
        'length': 2
    },
    exclude: [
        'list',
        // or more specifically
        'item.list'
    ]
});
/*
 [
  {
    parent: {name: 'group', options: {...}},
    field: 'options',
    path: ['data', '1', 'item', 'options'],
    target: {length: 2, property: {...}}
  }
 ]
*/

replace

This method will replace or remove (if callback will return undefined) target object.

var replace = require('simple-object-query').replace;
 
replace(source, {length: /\d+/}, function (target, parent, field, path) {
    return target.length > 3 ? 'test' : undefined;
});
 
console.log(source.data[0].item.options); // 'test'
console.log(source.data[1].item.hasOwnProperty('options')); // false

Off course if you don't want to remove target just return itself.

Instead of callback you can pass some value.

replace(source, {length: /\d+/}, 'test');
 
console.log(source.data[0].item.options); // 'test'
console.log(source.data[2].item.options); // 'test'

Or if you will not pass anything it will remove all targets

replace(source, {length: /\d+/});
 
console.log(source.data[0].item.hasOwnProperty('options')); // false
console.log(source.data[1].item.hasOwnProperty('options')); // false

If your target is in array, it will be removed correctly

replace(source, {name: 'select'});
 
console.log(source.data.length); // 1
console.log(source.data[0].item.name); // 'group'

If you need set exclude parameter then you should pass all parameters as object just like for search only with callback parameter

replace({
    source: source,
    query: {length: /\d+/},
    exclude: ['item.list'],
    callback: function (target, parent, field, path) {
        return target.length > 3 ? 'test' : undefined;
    }
});