Convert returned JSON Object Properties to (lower first) camelCase

Question

I have JSON returned from an API like so:

Contacts: [{ GivenName: "Matt", FamilyName: "Berry" }]

To keep this consistent

Answer 1

Well I took up the challenge and think I figured it out:

var firstToLower = function(str) {
    return str.charAt(0).toLowerCase() + str.slice(1);
};

var firstToUpper = function(str) {
    return str.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + str.slice(1);
};

var mapToJsObject = function(o) {
    var r = {};
    $.map(o, function(item, index) {
        r[firstToLower(index)] = o[index];
    });
    return r;
};

var mapFromJsObject = function(o) {
    var r = {};
    $.map(o, function(item, index) {
        r[firstToUpper(index)] = o[index];
    });
    return r;
};


// Map to
var contacts = [
    {
        GivenName: "Matt",
        FamilyName: "Berry"
    },
    {
        GivenName: "Josh",
        FamilyName: "Berry"
    },
    {
        GivenName: "Thomas",
        FamilyName: "Berry"
    }
];

var mappedContacts = [];

$.map(contacts, function(item) {
    var m = mapToJsObject(item);
    mappedContacts.push(m);
});

alert(mappedContacts[0].givenName);


// Map from
var unmappedContacts = [];

$.map(mappedContacts, function(item) {
    var m = mapFromJsObject(item);
    unmappedContacts.push(m);
});

alert(unmappedContacts[0].GivenName);

Property converter (jsfiddle)

The trick is handling the objects as arrays of object properties.