How can I get a list of the differences between two JavaScript object graphs?

Question

I want to be able to get a list of all differences between two JavaScript object graphs, with the property names and values where the deltas occur.

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Answer 1

You can also try rus-diff https://github.com/mirek/node-rus-diff which generates MongoDB compatible (rename/unset/set) diff.

For your example objects:

var person1 = {
  FirstName: "John",
  LastName: "Doh",
  Age: 30,
  EMailAddresses: ["john.doe@gmail.com", "jd@initials.com"],
  Children: [
    {
      FirstName: "Sara",
      LastName: "Doe",
      Age: 2
    }, {
      FirstName: "Beth",
      LastName: "Doe",
      Age: 5
    }
  ]
};

var person2 = {
  FirstName: "John",
  LastName: "Doe",
  Age: 33,
  EMailAddresses: ["john.doe@gmail.com", "jdoe@hotmail.com"],
  Children: [
    {
      FirstName: "Sara",
      LastName: "Doe",
      Age: 3
    }, {
      FirstName: "Bethany",
      LastName: "Doe",
      Age: 5
    }
  ]
};

var rusDiff = require('rus-diff').rusDiff

console.log(rusDiff(person1, person2))

It generates a list of sets:

{ '$set': 
   { 'Age': 33,
     'Children.0.Age': 3,
     'Children.1.FirstName': 'Bethany',
     'EMailAddresses.1': 'jdoe@hotmail.com',
     'LastName': 'Doe' } }