How to group objects by nested child objects of array in array

Question

I've been having this small problem that has been tried to sweepen under the carpet.

I am calling a API which are product, each products has a key categories with a value of a array of maps. Trying to categorize these per category.

This is my example response from the API

[
  {
    "name": "Product one",
    "categories": [
      {
        "id": 1,
        "name": "Category One"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Product Two",
    "categories": [
      {
        "id": 1,
        "name": "Category One"
      },
      {
        "id": 2,
        "name": "Category two"
      }
    ]
  }
]

The code I've composed follows below:

 function groupBy(arr) {
      let categories = [];
      arr.forEach(el => {
        el.categories.forEach(c => {
          // Skapa ny kategori om inte redan existerar
          if (!categories.includes(c.id)) {
            categories.push({
              name: c.name,
              id: c.id,
              products: [el]
            });
          } else {
            // Lägg till produkt i existerande kategori
            categories.forEach(_c => {
              if (_c.id === c.id) {
                _c.products.push(el)
              }
            })
          }
        });
      });

      return categories;
    }

groupBy(arr);

I think I am overdoing it somehow, the desired result is of course without any duplicate categories, products should be pushed into the products[].

what is the expected json result ?

xdeepakv
– xdeepakv

2020-04-04 20:02:03 +00:00
Commented Apr 4, 2020 at 20:02 — xdeepakv
– xdeepakv, Commented Apr 4, 2020 at 20:02
you want to group products based on category ?

xdeepakv
– xdeepakv

2020-04-04 20:03:34 +00:00
Commented Apr 4, 2020 at 20:03 — xdeepakv
– xdeepakv, Commented Apr 4, 2020 at 20:03

Rob Brander · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-04 20:24:06Z

2

You can do this by first iterating over the products to assign it to each of the categories. To prevent duplication you want to use a map or set; here I use a javascript object as a map. Once you have that, you can convert it to an array like you want by using Object.values() on the map object

const groupProductsByCategory = (products) => {
  // reduce down each product into a category map
  const productsGroupedByCategory = products.reduce((categories, product) => {
    // insert the current product into each of the categories it contains
    product.categories.forEach(category => {
      // if the category exists in the map, we just need to append the current product
      if (category.id in categories)
        categories[category.id].products.push(product)
      else // otherwise, create a new category object with the current product
      categories[category.id] = ({ ...category, products: [product] })
    })
    return categories
  }, ({}))

  // convert the object into an array of objects
  return Object.values(productsGroupedByCategory)
}

edited Apr 4, 2020 at 20:24

answered Apr 4, 2020 at 20:10

Rob Brander

3,7831 gold badge22 silver badges33 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

1 Comment

Jack Over a year ago

Very documented answer and a quick one! Muchos gracias @RobBrander

xdeepakv · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-05 09:46:02Z

2

Using map-reduce can be done.

const data = [{"name":"Product one","categories":[{"id":1,"name":"Category One"}]},{"name":"Product Two","categories":[{"id":1,"name":"Category One"},{"id":2,"name":"Category two"}]}];

function categoriesList(list = []) {
  return Object.values(
    list.reduce((arr, product) => {
      product.categories.forEach((cat) => {
        if (!arr[cat.id]) arr[cat.id] = { ...cat, products: [] };
        arr[cat.id].products.push(product);
      });
      return arr;
    }, {})
  );
}
console.log(JSON.stringify(categoriesList(data), null, 4));

.as-console {
  min-height: 100% !important;
}

.as-console-row {
  color: blue !important;
}

edited Apr 5, 2020 at 9:46

answered Apr 4, 2020 at 20:00

xdeepakv

8,1452 gold badges25 silver badges35 bronze badges

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

How to group objects by nested child objects of array in array

2 Answers 2

1 Comment

Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

2 Answers 2

1 Comment

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related