I have a form that is generated by a JSON response and each field name (Shopping_Orders_OrderInfo_ContactID) contains a nested object structure
so for instance this JSON part
"Shopping": {
"Orders": {
"OrderInfo": {
"OrderNumber": "",
will construct the following field name
<input type="text" name="Shopping_Orders_OrderInfo_OrderNumber" value="D0102864">
Here are the other fields
<input type="text" name="Shopping_Orders_OrderInfo_ContactID" value="AS76372">
<input type="text" name="Shopping_Orders_OrderInfo_OrderDate" value="01/01/2018">
<input type="text" name="Shopping_Orders_OrderInfo_Billing_BillingID" value="B673472">
<input type="text" name="Shopping_Orders_OrderInfo_Billing_Name" value="Fred Smith">
<input type="text" name="Shopping_Orders_OrderInfo_Delivery_DeliveryID" value="D769397">
<input type="text" name="Shopping_Orders_OrderInfo_Delivery_Name" value="Joe Blogg">
<input type="text" name="Shopping_Orders_OrderInfo_Discount_DiscountValue" value="10">
<input type="text" name="Shopping_Orders_OrderInfo_OrderProduct_NumberofItems" value="1">
<input type="text" name="Shopping_Orders_OrderInfo_OrderProduct_Items_Item_0_ProductID" value="P5763868">
<input type="text" name="Shopping_Orders_OrderInfo_OrderProduct_Items_Item_0_ItemName" value="Big Blue Box">
<input type="text" name="Shopping_Orders_OrderInfo_OrderProduct_Items_Item_0_Price" value="10">
<input type="text" name="Shopping_Orders_OrderInfo_OrderProduct_Items_Item_1_ProductID" value="P57638262">
<input type="text" name="Shopping_Orders_OrderInfo_OrderProduct_Items_Item_1_ItemName" value="Big Red Box">
<input type="text" name="Shopping_Orders_OrderInfo_OrderProduct_Items_Item_1_Price" value="20">
I need a Javascript function that will grab the above fields names and its values and reconstruct a JSON scheme like below. Basically it looks at the field name and works out the nested objects/arrays and keys with values.
{
"Shopping": {
"Orders": {
"OrderInfo": {
"OrderNumber": "D0102864",
"ContactID": "AS76372",
"OrderDate": "01/01/2018",
"Billing": {
"BillingID": "B673472",
"Name": "Fred Smith"
},
"Delivery": {
"DeliveryID": "D769397",
"Name": "Joe Blogg"
},
"Discount": {
"DiscountValue": "10"
},
"OrderProduct": {
"NumberofItems": "2",
"Items": {
"Item": [
{
"ProductID": "P5763868",
"ItemName": "Big Blue Box",
"Price": "10",
},
{
"ProductID": "P57638262",
"ItemName": "Big Red Box",
"Price": "20",
}
]
}
}
}
}
}
}
Below is a function that im trying to reflect the above process
function setValue(object, path, value) {
var last = path.pop();
path.reduce((o, k, i, kk) => o[k] = o[k] || (isFinite(i + 1 in kk ?
kk[i + 1] : last) ? [] : {}), object)[last] = value;
}
function getValues(object) {
function iter(o, p) {
if (o && typeof o === 'object') {
Object.keys(o).forEach(k => iter(o[k], p.concat(k)));
} else {
result.push([p, o]);
}
}
var result = [];
iter(object, []);
return result;
}
//// here im not sure how to grab the fields and values from above
var object = data['shopping'],
values = getValues(object),
objectFromValues = {};
values.forEach(([keys, value]) => setValue(objectFromValues, keys, value));
console.log(objectFromValues);
console.log(values)