Get Unique Objects

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Description

Get unique objects from array of objects (can be normalize before compare them)

Installation

npm i get-unique-objects

Params

getUniqueObjects(items, options)

items

• Items to be filter
• Type: Array of Object
• Required

Example

// Example - 1
[]

// Example - 2
[
    { name: 'Buenos Aires', country: 'Argentina'}
]

// Example - 3
[
    { name: 'Buenos Aires', country: 'Argentina'},
    { name: 'Villa Carlos Paz', country: 'Argentina', province: 'Córdoba' },
]

options

• Options to normalize the objects before compare
• Type: Object
• Optional

Example

{
    fieldsToKeep: ["name", "number"]
}

:link: See more in Object Normalize

Return

getUniqueObjects(items, options) : uniqueItems

• Items not repeated after normalize them, unique Items
• Type: Array of Object

Usage

getUniqueObjects([items])

Filter unique objects from items

const getUniqueObjects = require('get-unique-objects');

const playerSample1 = {
    name: "Juan Román",
    lastname: "Riquelme",
    clubs: ["Boca", "Barcelona", "Villareal", "Argentinos"],
    number: 10,
    stillPlaying: false,
    birthPlace: { country: "Argentina", province: "Buenos Aires", city: "Don Torcuato" }
};

const playerSample2 = {
    name: "Juan Román",
    lastname: "Riquelme",
    clubs: ["Boca", "Barcelona", "Villareal", "Argentinos"],
    number: 10
}

getUniqueObjects([playerSample1, playerSample2]);

/*
output: [
    {
        name: "Juan Román",
        lastname: "Riquelme",
        clubs: ["Boca", "Barcelona", "Villareal", "Argentinos"],
        number: 10,
        stillPlaying: false,
        birthPlace: { country: "Argentina", province: "Buenos Aires", city: "Don Torcuato" }
    },
    {
        name: "Juan Román",
        lastname: "Riquelme",
        clubs: ["Boca", "Barcelona", "Villareal", "Argentinos"],
        number: 10
    }
]
*/

getUniqueObjects([playerSample1, playerSample1]);

/*
output: [
    {
        name: "Juan Román",
        lastname: "Riquelme",
        clubs: ["Boca", "Barcelona", "Villareal", "Argentinos"],
        number: 10,
        stillPlaying: false,
        birthPlace: { country: "Argentina", province: "Buenos Aires", city: "Don Torcuato" }
    }
]
*/

getUniqueObjects([]);

/*
output: []
*/

getUniqueObjects([items], options)

Filter unique objects from items after normalize them

const getUniqueObjects = require('get-unique-objects');

const playerSample1 = {
    name: "Juan Román",
    lastname: "Riquelme",
    clubs: ["Boca", "Barcelona", "Villareal", "Argentinos"],
    number: 10,
    stillPlaying: false,
    birthPlace: { country: "Argentina", province: "Buenos Aires", city: "Don Torcuato" }
};

const playerSample2 = {
    name: "Juan Román",
    lastname: "Riquelme",
    clubs: ["Boca", "Barcelona", "Villareal", "Argentinos"],
    number: 10
}

getUniqueObjects([playerSample1, playerSample2], { fieldsToRemove: ["number", "stillPlaying", "birthPlace"] });

/*
output: [
    {
        name: "Juan Román",
        lastname: "Riquelme",
        clubs: ["Boca", "Barcelona", "Villareal", "Argentinos"]
    }
]
*/

const playerSample3 = {
    name: "Lionel",
    lastname: "Messi",
    clubs: ["Barcelona"],
    number: 10,
    stillPlaying: true
}

getUniqueObjects([playerSample1, playerSample2, playerSample3], { fieldsToKeep: ["name", "lastname"]});

/*
output: [
    {
        name: "Juan Román",
        lastname: "Riquelme"
    },
    {
        name: "Lionel",
        lastname: "Messi"
    }
]
*/

getUniqueObjects([playerSample1, playerSample2, playerSample3], { fieldsToKeep: ["number"]});

/*
output: [
    {
        number: 10
    }
]
*/