Map a string array to a json object in JavaScript [duplicate]

Question

I have a config-file:

{
  "permission": {
    "users": {
      "image": {
        "data": "example"
      }
    }
  }
}

And an array with a called path like this:

path = ['users', 'image']

How can I get the data?

First try:

config.permission.path[0].path[1];

Second try:

switch (requestedPath[2]) {
    case 'users':
        switch (requestedPath[3]) {
            case 'image':
                mydata = config.permission.users["/image"]
        }
}

This will work, but is there a better way?

Possible duplicate of Javascript: How to Get Object property using Array of string? and Accessing nested JavaScript objects with string key and Access object child properties using a dot notation string — adiga
– adiga, Commented Feb 25, 2019 at 13:22

Nina Scholz · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-25 13:22:37Z

3

You need a bracket as property accessor for the object, because you take a variable as key.

config.permission[path[0]][path[1]];

For a more dynamic approach, you could reduce the given data with a default object for not fiund properies.

const getV = (object, path) => path.reduce((result, key) => (result || {})[key], object);

var config = { permission: { users: { image: { data: 'example' } } } },
    path = ['users', 'image'];

console.log(getV(config.permission, path));

edited Feb 25, 2019 at 13:22

answered Feb 25, 2019 at 13:17

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