diffrence of two objects javascript
const { inspect } = require('util')
const transform = require('lodash.transform')
const isEqual = require('lodash.isequal')
const isArray = require('lodash.isarray')
const isObject = require('lodash.isobject')
/**
* Find difference between two objects
* @param {object} origObj - Source object to compare newObj against
* @param {object} newObj - New object with potential changes
* @return {object} differences
*/
function difference(origObj, newObj) {
function changes(newObj, origObj) {
let arrayIndexCounter = 0
return transform(newObj, function (result, value, key) {
if (!isEqual(value, origObj[key])) {
let resultKey = isArray(origObj) ? arrayIndexCounter++ : key
result[resultKey] = (isObject(value) && isObject(origObj[key])) ? changes(value, origObj[key]) : value
}
})
}
return changes(newObj, origObj)
}
/* Usage */
const originalObject = {
foo: 'bar',
baz: 'fizz',
cool: true,
what: {
one: 'one',
two: 'two'
},
wow: {
deep: {
key: ['a', 'b', 'c'],
values: '123'
}
},
array: ['lol', 'hi', 'there']
}
const newObject = {
foo: 'bar',
baz: 'fizz',
cool: false, // <-- diff
what: {
one: 'one',
two: 'twox' // <-- diff
},
wow: {
deep: {
key: ['x', 'y', 'c'], // <-- diff
values: '098' // <-- diff
}
},
array: ['lol', 'hi', 'difference'] // <-- diff
}
// Get the Diff!
const diff = difference(originalObject, newObject)
console.log(inspect(diff, {showHidden: false, depth: null, colors: true}))
/* result:
{
cool: false,
what: { two: 'twox' },
wow: { deep: { key: [ 'x', 'y' ], values: '098' } },
array: [ 'difference' ]
}
*/
if (diff.cool) {
console.log('Coolness changed to', diff.cool)
}
