Recursively go through a nested object

some-recursive-function.ts

// add any additional (also optional) values if you want to keep track of something (e.g. object location)
export function someRecursiveFunction(args: { object: any }): any {
  // early return
  if (!args.object) return args.object;
  
  // UPDATE THIS: The logic you'd like the function to take
  if ("id" in args.object && args.object.type === "item") {
    delete args.object.id;
  }
  
  // This is the recursive iterator.
  for (const key in args.object) {
    if (!args.object.hasOwnProperty(key)) continue // some keys are inherited from prototype, skip these.

    const value = args.object[key];
    // recursively call the next level of the tree if we encounter an object (array or {})
    if (typeof value === "object") {
      if (Array.isArray(value)) {
        args.object[key] = value.map((item: any) => someRecursiveFunction({ object: item }));
      } else {
        args.object[key] = someRecursiveFunction({ object: value });
      }
    }
  }
}