Convert Javascript object and children into array of objects - lodash

Use Object.keys() and Array#map(). Object.keys() which helps to get all the properties of the object as an array. Then Array#map() can be used to iterate over the element and generate new array based on the returned element.

var data = {
  ID1: {
    firstName: 'John',
    lastName: 'Doe'
  },
  ID2: {
    firstName: 'Jane',
    lastName: 'Doe'
  }
};

var res = Object.keys(data) // get all object properties as an array
  .map(function(k) { // iterate and generate new array with custom element
    return { // generate custom array object based on the property and object and return
      ID: k, // k is property of ov=bjeck
      firstName: data[k].firstName, // get inner properties from data object using k
      larstName: data[k].lastName
    };
  })

console.log(res);

UPDATE : I've created new object instead of updating original object and returned it. If updating original object is not a problem then add additional property to object and return the reference inside the Array#map() callback function. This works if there is any number of inner properties but it updates original object.

var data = {
  ID1: {
    firstName: 'John',
    lastName: 'Doe'
  },
  ID2: {
    firstName: 'Jane',
    lastName: 'Doe'
  }
};

var res = Object.keys(data) // get all object properties as an array
  .map(function(k) { // iterate and generate new array with custom element
    data[k].ID = k; // add additional property
    return data[k]; // return the reference
  })

console.log(res);

Or in case you want to maintain the object and there is lots of inner object properties then do something like.

var data = {
  ID1: {
    firstName: 'John',
    lastName: 'Doe'
  },
  ID2: {
    firstName: 'Jane',
    lastName: 'Doe'
  }
};

var res = Object.keys(data) // get all object properties as an array
  .map(function(k) { // iterate and generate new array with custom element
    var obj = { // create an object to return
      ID: k
    };
    for (var key in data[k]) // iterate over object property
      if (data[k].hasOwnProperty(key)) // check the object has the property 
        obj[key] = data[k][key]; // add property to the newly generated object
    return obj; // return the object
  })

console.log(res);

Can you add ID to the objects? If so, then it can be achieved easy with:

var arr = _.values(obj);

Explanation:

Often developers duplicate key inside value to avoid many problems. They do like this:

{
  ID1: {
         ID: ID1,
         firstName: 'John',
         lastName: 'Doe'
      },
  ID2: {
         ID: ID2
         firstName: 'Jane',
         lastName: 'Doe'
      }
}

And then use only one command above and it returns only values of the object and make an array.

If it is not suites for you, then you need to add IDs manually like that:

var arr = _.map(obj, function(value, key) {
  value[ID] = key;
  return value;
});

Be careful, the code will change the original object, but in most of cases it is not a problem, but if you need to avoid this, you need:

var arr = _(obj)
  .clone()
  .map(obj, function(value, key) {
    value[ID] = key;
    return value;
  })
  .value();

You can make use of map() to convert the object into an array and then use assign() to append the ID key value, this also makes sure that the original object does not get mutated.

Here is the ES6 version:

var result = _.map(data, (item, ID) => _.assign({ ID }, item));

var data = {
  ID1: {
         firstName: 'John',
         lastName: 'Doe'
      },
  ID2: {
         firstName: 'Jane',
         lastName: 'Doe'
      }
};

var result = _.map(data, (item, ID) => _.assign({ ID }, item));

console.log(result);

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Here's the es5 version:

var result = _.map(data, function(item, ID) { 
  return _.assign({ ID: ID }, item);
});