Convert JSON Object array into associative array

Question

Assuming I have 2 JSON Object arrays, which looks like this:

Resources:

[{
    "DefinitionId": 193041,
    "ResourceId": -2147290607,
    "AssetId": 193041
}, {
    "DefinitionId": 193042,
    "ResourceId": -2147290603,
    "AssetId": 193042
}]

ResourceIds

[193041, 193041, 193041, 193042]

The use-case:

I need to list the details from my Resources JSONObject for each ResourceId. For example I want to output the AssetId for every ResourceId in ResourceIds.

My plan:

I thought it would be an elegant solution to convert my Resources JSON into an associative array, so that I could access the AssetId for my ResourceId '193041' like this: Resources[193041].AssetId . The problem: I could only think about long code to convert my above Resources JSON into an associative JSON object.

The question:

How can I convert the above Resources JSON object array into an associative object array with ResourceId as key?

Desired Resources.json:

{
    "-2147290607": {
        "DefinitionId": 193041,
        "ResourceId": -2147290607,
        "AssetId": 193041
    },
    "-2147290603": {
        "DefinitionId": 193042,
        "ResourceId": -2147290603,
        "AssetId": 193042
    }
}

Could you show desired result?

Nenad Vracar
– Nenad Vracar

2016-07-30 18:26:40 +00:00
Commented Jul 30, 2016 at 18:26 — Nenad Vracar
– Nenad Vracar, Commented Jul 30, 2016 at 18:26
@NenadVracar sure, edited!

kentor
– kentor

2016-07-30 18:29:58 +00:00
Commented Jul 30, 2016 at 18:29 — kentor
– kentor, Commented Jul 30, 2016 at 18:29
btw, JSON is a serialized object in string form.

Nina Scholz
– Nina Scholz

2016-07-30 18:36:20 +00:00
Commented Jul 30, 2016 at 18:36 — Nina Scholz
– Nina Scholz, Commented Jul 30, 2016 at 18:36

Nina Scholz · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-30 18:50:45Z

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You could use an object and iterate the array with Array#forEach

The forEach() method executes a provided function once per array element.

and assign the element to the property with the name of a.ResourceId.

The callback uses an Arrow function, because there is only one assignment.

var data = [{ "DefinitionId": 193041, "ResourceId": -2147290607, "AssetId": 193041 }, { "DefinitionId": 193042, "ResourceId": -2147290603, "AssetId": 193042 }],
    object = {};

data.forEach(a => object[a.ResourceId] = a);

console.log(object);

edited Jul 30, 2016 at 18:50

answered Jul 30, 2016 at 18:31

Nina Scholz

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kentor Over a year ago

Thanks for your answer, do you mind to elloborate this a bit: data.forEach(a => object[a.ResourceId] = a); ?

stdob-- · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-30 18:48:46Z

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You can use reduce:

var resources = [{
    "DefinitionId": 193041,
    "ResourceId": -2147290607,
    "AssetId": 193041
}, {
    "DefinitionId": 193042,
    "ResourceId": -2147290603,
    "AssetId": 193042
}];

var resourceIds =[193041, 193041, 193041, 193042];

var res = resources.reduce( function(prev, curr) {
  // Check AssetId
  // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/indexOf
  if ( resourceIds.indexOf( curr.AssetId ) >= 0 ) prev[ curr.ResourceId ] = curr;
  return prev;
}, {} );

var resJSON = JSON.stringify( res );

answered Jul 30, 2016 at 18:48

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Chetan Raikwal · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-30 19:15:53Z

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var Resources = [{
    "DefinitionId": 193041,
    "ResourceId": -2147290607,
    "AssetId": 193041
}, {
    "DefinitionId": 193042,
    "ResourceId": -2147290603,
    "AssetId": 193042
}];     

Resources.find(function(value){return value.ResourceId === -2147290603}).AssetId

or use lodash/underscore for an elegant solution: _.find(Resources, {ResourceId : -2147290603}).AssetId;

With this we can find the required AssetId by just passing the ResourceId. We can even skip the conversion of JSON for simplicity.

edited Jul 30, 2016 at 19:15

answered Jul 30, 2016 at 19:01

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