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Recursively iterate over an object to return an array of all the paths in the object
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function extractPropsToArray(obj, arr = [], path = "") { | |
for (const key in obj) { | |
if (Object.hasOwnProperty.call(obj, key)) { | |
const element = obj[key]; | |
const isObject = typeof element === "object"; | |
if (isObject) { | |
const pathname = Boolean(path) ? `${path}.${key}` : `${key}` | |
extractPropsToArray(element, arr,pathname ) | |
} else { | |
const pathname = Boolean(path) ? `${path}.${key}` : `${key}` | |
arr.push(pathname); | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
return arr; | |
} | |
/* For an object like | |
{ | |
message: "Businesses gotten successfully", | |
data: { | |
docs: [ | |
{ | |
_id: "64243cebfc3c14b0649693fa", | |
name: "New Business ltd", | |
createdAt: "2023-03-29T13:28:11.396Z", | |
industry: "Salad", | |
location: "Netherlands", | |
totalTasks: 21, | |
totalCompletedTasks: 0, | |
}, | |
], | |
totalDocs: 1, | |
page: 1, | |
prevPage: null, | |
nextPage: null, | |
totalPages: 1, | |
}, | |
} | |
we should get the return value | |
[ 'message', | |
'data.docs.0._id', | |
'data.docs.0.name', | |
'data.docs.0.createdAt', | |
'data.docs.0.industry', | |
'data.docs.0.location', | |
'data.docs.0.totalTasks', | |
'data.docs.0.totalCompletedTasks', | |
'data.totalDocs', | |
'data.page', | |
'data.totalPages' ] | |
*/ |
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