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A function that deletes empty object properties (null or undefined) and also deletes empty objects recursively. It is a small modification from https://stackoverflow.com/a/42736367/1734815
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function valid(x){ | |
return !( x == null || Number.isNaN(x)); | |
} | |
function clearEmpties(o) { | |
for (const k in o) { | |
if (!valid(o[k])) { | |
delete o[k]; | |
continue; | |
} | |
if (typeof o[k] !== 'object') { | |
continue; | |
} | |
clearEmpties( o[ k ] ); | |
if (Array.isArray(o[k])){ | |
o[k] = o[k].filter(valid); | |
} | |
if (Object.keys(o[k]).length === 0) { | |
delete o[k]; | |
} | |
} | |
return o; | |
} | |
/** ========================= EXAMPLES ========================= **/ | |
const dirty = { | |
key1: 'AAA', | |
key2: { | |
key21: 'BBB' | |
}, | |
key3: { | |
key31: true, | |
key32: false | |
}, | |
key4: { | |
key41: undefined, | |
key42: null, | |
key43: [], | |
key44: {}, | |
key45: { | |
key451: NaN, | |
key452: { | |
key4521: {} | |
}, | |
key453: [{ foo: {}, bar:'' }, NaN, null, undefined] | |
}, | |
key46: '' | |
}, | |
key5: { | |
key51: 1, | |
key52: ' ', | |
key53: [1, '2', {}, []], | |
key54: [{ foo: { bar: true, baz: null } }, { foo: { bar: '', baz: 0 } }] | |
}, | |
key6: function () {} | |
}; | |
const object = { | |
a: { | |
b: 1, | |
c: { | |
a: 1, | |
d: {}, | |
e: { // will need to be removed after f has been removed | |
f: {}, | |
z: { | |
w: null | |
}, | |
y: [] | |
} | |
} | |
}, | |
b: {} | |
}; | |
console.log(JSON.stringify(clearEmpties(object),null,2)); | |
console.log(JSON.stringify(clearEmpties(dirty),null,2)); |
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