Find by key deep in a nested array

Question

Let\'s say I have an object:

[
    {
        \'title\': \"some title\"
        \'channel_id\':\'123we\'
        \'options\': [
                    {
                 


        

Answer 1

Improved answer to take into account circular references within objects. It also displays the path it took to get there.

In this example, I am searching for an iframe that I know is somewhere within a global object:

const objDone = []
var i = 2
function getObject(theObject, k) {
    if (i < 1 || objDone.indexOf(theObject) > -1) return
    objDone.push(theObject)
    var result = null;
    if(theObject instanceof Array) {
        for(var i = 0; i < theObject.length; i++) {
            result = getObject(theObject[i], i);
            if (result) {
                break;
            }   
        }
    }
    else
    {
        for(var prop in theObject) {
            if(prop == 'iframe' && theObject[prop]) {
                i--;
                console.log('iframe', theObject[prop])
                return theObject[prop]
            }
            if(theObject[prop] instanceof Object || theObject[prop] instanceof Array) {
                result = getObject(theObject[prop], prop);
                if (result) {
                    break;
                }
            } 
        }
    }
    if (result) console.info(k)
    return result;
}

Running the following: getObject(reader, 'reader') gave the following output and the iframe element in the end:

iframe // (The Dom Element)
_views
views
manager
rendition
book
reader

NOTE: The path is in reverse order reader.book.rendition.manager.views._views.iframe