How can I check that two objects have the same set of property names?

Question

I am using node, mocha, and chai for my application. I want to test that my returned results data property is the same \"type of object\" as one of my model objects (Very si

Answer 1

Here is my attempt at validating JSON properties. I used @casey-foster 's approach, but added recursion for deeper validation. The third parameter in function is optional and only used for testing.

//compare json2 to json1
function isValidJson(json1, json2, showInConsole) {

    if (!showInConsole)
        showInConsole = false;

    var aKeys = Object.keys(json1).sort();
    var bKeys = Object.keys(json2).sort();

    for (var i = 0; i < aKeys.length; i++) {

        if (showInConsole)
            console.log("---------" + JSON.stringify(aKeys[i]) + "  " + JSON.stringify(bKeys[i]))

        if (JSON.stringify(aKeys[i]) === JSON.stringify(bKeys[i])) {

            if (typeof json1[aKeys[i]] === 'object'){ // contains another obj

                if (showInConsole)
                    console.log("Entering " + JSON.stringify(aKeys[i]))

                if (!isValidJson(json1[aKeys[i]], json2[bKeys[i]], showInConsole)) 
                    return false; // if recursive validation fails

                if (showInConsole)
                    console.log("Leaving " + JSON.stringify(aKeys[i]))

            }

        } else {

            console.warn("validation failed at " + aKeys[i]);
            return false; // if attribute names dont mactch

        }

    }

    return true;

}