This function will take any object/json and a property/key you want to search for. It will return the path as a string. I just created this code and will continue to update it. If you find any bugs please let me know. Right now it will return the last instance of the value you pass it. I am working on returning an array of all the paths. The las…

getPropertyPathInObject.js

    function getPath(object, value) {

        var pathToUse = "",
            path = [],
            level = 0;

        function traverse(o, prop) {

            var keys = Object.keys(o);

            for ( var i = 0, len = keys.length; i < len; i++ ) {

                if ( typeof(o[keys[i]]) == "object" ) {
                    path[level] = ( o[keys[i]] instanceof Array ) ? keys[i] + "::Array" : keys[i];
                    level += 1;
                    traverse(o[keys[i]], prop);
                }

                if ( o[keys[i]] == prop || keys[i] == prop ) {

                    pathToUse = (path.slice(0, level).join(".") + "." + keys[i])
                        .replace(/::Array\.([a-zA-Z0-9])/g, "[$1]")
                        .replace(/\./g, "']['");

                    pathToUse = "['" + pathToUse + "']";

                    pathToUse = pathToUse.replace(/(\[.\])('\])/g, "$2$1");
                }

            }

            level -= 1;
        }
        
        traverse(object, value);

        return pathToUse;

    }

// getPath(obj, value);