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Flattening a JSON object in JavaScript
Suppose, we have the following JSON object that may contain nesting upto any level −
const obj = {
"one": 1,
"two": {
"three": 3
},
"four": {
"five": 5,
"six": {
"seven": 7
},
"eight": 8
},
"nine": 9
};We are required to write a JavaScript function that takes in one such nested JSON object and returns a new object that contains no nesting and maps the corresponding values to the keys using the dot notation.
Therefore, in case of the object above, the output should look something like this −
const output = {
'one': 1,
'two.three': 3,
'four.five': 5,
'four.six.seven': 7,
'four.eight': 8,
'nine': 9
};Example
The code for this will be −
const obj = {
"one": 1,
"two": {
"three": 3
},
"four": {
"five": 5,
"six": {
"seven": 7
},
"eight": 8
},
"nine": 9
};
const flattenJSON = (obj = {}, res = {}, extraKey = '') => {
for(key in obj){
if(typeof obj[key] !== 'object'){
res[extraKey + key] = obj[key];
}else{
flattenJSON(obj[key], res, `${extraKey}${key}.`);
};
};
return res;
};
console.log(flattenJSON(obj));Output
And the output in the console will be −
{
one: 1,
'two.three': 3,
'four.five': 5,
'four.six.seven': 7,
'four.eight': 8,
nine: 9
}
Updated on: 22-Feb-2021
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