what is the best way to map Javascript object with Quoted keys

Question

I have received data from API like this

var myObj = {'name':'ahmed','age':37,'tools':{'dev1':"macbook",'dev2':"iphone",'dev3':"tablet"},'gender':'male'};

What is the best way to make it key-value pairs note that there are nested objects?

update Thanks for the answer this is if I don't want to flatten my object

var myObj = {'name':'ahmed','age':37,'tools':{'dev1':"macbook",'dev2':"iphone",'dev3':"tablet"},'gender':'male'};


function unQuoteKeys(obj, newObj ={}){
    Object.keys(obj).forEach(key => {
          newObj[key] = obj[key]
    });
    return newObj
}
console.log(unQuoteKeys(myObj));

result

{ name: 'ahmed',
  age: 37,
  tools: { dev1: 'macbook', dev2: 'iphone', dev3: 'tablet' },
  gender: 'male' }

It's unclear what you mean; that's an object. If you were to write `console.log(myObj.tools.dev1)` it would return "macbook"... — Heretic Monkey, Jul 11 '18 at 20:21
Please, if possible post the exact data structure the API is sending (as JSON). What you posted is a JavaScript Object. — lealceldeiro, Jul 11 '18 at 20:21
are you looking for `JSON.parse(myObj)` or did you already do that? — Get Off My Lawn, Jul 11 '18 at 20:22
That's not JSON, since JSON requires double quote marks (`"`), not single (`'`). — Heretic Monkey, Jul 11 '18 at 20:23
Duplicate (?) of https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33036487/one-liner-to-flatten-nested-object — Salman A, Jul 11 '18 at 20:40

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 11 '18 at 20:27

It sounds like you want to flatten this whole object into a single set of key-value pairs. You can do this with a simple recursive function that adds the key/values to the return object if they are simple values, or recurses if the values are objects:

var myObj = {'name':'ahmed','age':37,'tools':{'dev1':"macbook",'dev2':"iphone",'dev3':"tablet"},'gender':'male'};

function flatten(obj, res ={}){
    Object.keys(obj).forEach(key => {
        if (typeof obj[key] === 'object') flatten(obj[key], res)
        else res[key] = obj[key]
    })
    return res
}
console.log(flatten(myObj))

If there's the possibility that you will have duplicate keys anywhere in the object, this will need a bit more work.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 11 '18 at 22:05

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If you want to flatten your object, you can also use lodash _flatten() method. Works like a charm.

answered Jul 11 '18 at 22:05

Zain Mohsin

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