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KrystianK
KrystianK

Reputation: 119

javascript - find nested object key by its value

I'm trying to find key of object which is containing my value.

There is my object: 

var obj = {}

obj["post1"] = {
    "title":    "title1",
    "subtitle": "subtitle1"
}

obj["post2"] = {
    "title":    "title2",
    "subtitle": "subtitle2"
}

And now, I'm trying to get object key of value "title2"

function obk (obj, val) {
  const key = Object.keys(obj).find(key => obj[key] === val);
  return key
}

console.log(obk(obj, "title2"))

Output: 

undefined

Desired output:

post2

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2496

Answers (3)

Shanimal
Shanimal

Reputation: 11718

You pretty much have it, just add obj[key].title === val as mentioned by Chris G.

Here's an ES6 one liner that returns an array of all matches.

var obj = {}

obj["post1"] = {
    "title":    "title1",
    "subtitle": "subtitle1"
}

obj["post2"] = {
    "title":    "title2",
    "subtitle": "subtitle2"
}

const filterByTitle = (obj, title) => 
  Object.values(obj).filter(o => o.title === title);

console.log(filterByTitle(obj, 'title1'))

Upvotes: 0

Jonas Wilms
Jonas Wilms

Reputation: 138267

You have to access the subkey of the object:

 function obk (obj, prop, val) {
   return Object.keys(obj).find(key => obj[key][prop] === val);
 }

 console.log(obk(obj, "title", "title2"));

Or you could search all values of the subobject:

 function obk (obj, val) {
   return Object.keys(obj).find(key => Object.values( obj[key] ).includes(val)); 
 }

 console.log(obk(obj, "title2"))

Upvotes: 2

protoproto
protoproto

Reputation: 2099

You can use array map:

var obj = {}

obj["post1"] = {
    "title":    "title1",
    "subtitle": "subtitle1"
}

obj["post2"] = {
    "title":    "title2",
    "subtitle": "subtitle2"
}
//console.log(obj);
function obk (obj, val) {
    var result = "";
    Object.keys(obj).map(key => {
        if(obj[key].title === val)
            result = key;
    });
    return result;
}

console.log(obk(obj, "title2"));

Or use array find to optimize searching function:

var obj = {}

obj["post1"] = {
    "title":    "title1",
    "subtitle": "subtitle1"
}

obj["post2"] = {
    "title":    "title2",
    "subtitle": "subtitle2"
}
//console.log(obj);
function obk (obj, val) {
    result = Object.keys(obj).find(key => {
        if(obj[key].title === val)
            return key;
    });
    return result;
}

console.log(obk(obj, "title1"));

Upvotes: 0

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