transform object to array with lodash

Question

How can I transform a big object to array with lodash?

var obj = {
  22: {name:\"John\", id:22, friends:[5,31,55], works:{books:[],         


        

Answer 1

There are quite a few ways to get the result you are after. Lets break them in categories:

ES6 Values only:

Main method for this is Object.values. But using Object.keys and Array.map you could as well get to the expected result:

Object.values(obj)
Object.keys(obj).map(k => obj[k])

var obj = {
  A: {
    name: "John"
  },
  B: {
    name: "Ivan"
  }
}

console.log('Object.values:', Object.values(obj))
console.log('Object.keys:', Object.keys(obj).map(k => obj[k]))

ES6 Key & Value:

Using map and ES6 dynamic/computed properties and destructuring you can retain the key and return an object from the map.

Object.keys(obj).map(k => ({[k]: obj[k]}))
Object.entries(obj).map(([k,v]) => ({[k]:v}))

var obj = {
  A: {
    name: "John"
  },
  B: {
    name: "Ivan"
  }
}

console.log('Object.keys:', Object.keys(obj).map(k => ({
  [k]: obj[k]
})))
console.log('Object.entries:', Object.entries(obj).map(([k, v]) => ({
  [k]: v
})))

Lodash Values only:

The method designed for this is _.values however there are "shortcuts" like _.map and the utility method _.toArray which would also return an array containing only the values from the object. You could also _.map though the _.keys and get the values from the object by using the obj[key] notation.

Note: _.map when passed an object would use its baseMap handler which is basically forEach on the object properties.

_.values(obj)
_.map(obj)
_.toArray(obj)
_.map(_.keys(obj), k => obj[k])

var obj = {
  A: {
    name: "John"
  },
  B: {
    name: "Ivan"
  }
}

console.log('values:', _.values(obj))
console.log('map:', _.map(obj))
console.log('toArray:', _.toArray(obj))
console.log('keys:', _.map(_.keys(obj), k => obj[k]))

Lodash Key & Value:

// Outputs an array with [[KEY, VALUE]]
_.entries(obj)
_.toPairs(obj)

// Outputs array with objects containing the keys and values
_.map(_.entries(obj), ([k,v]) => ({[k]:v}))
_.map(_.keys(obj), k => ({[k]: obj[k]}))
_.transform(obj, (r,c,k) => r.push({[k]:c}), [])
_.reduce(obj, (r,c,k) => (r.push({[k]:c}), r), [])

var obj = {
  A: {
    name: "John"
  },
  B: {
    name: "Ivan"
  }
}

// Outputs an array with [KEY, VALUE]
console.log('entries:', _.entries(obj))
console.log('toPairs:', _.toPairs(obj))

// Outputs array with objects containing the keys and values
console.log('entries:', _.map(_.entries(obj), ([k, v]) => ({
  [k]: v
})))
console.log('keys:', _.map(_.keys(obj), k => ({
  [k]: obj[k]
})))
console.log('transform:', _.transform(obj, (r, c, k) => r.push({
  [k]: c
}), []))
console.log('reduce:', _.reduce(obj, (r, c, k) => (r.push({
  [k]: c
}), r), []))

Note that in the above examples ES6 is used (arrow functions and dynamic properties). You can use lodash _.fromPairs and other methods to compose an object if ES6 is an issue.