I'm trying to search through a JSON object to find the pet-rock that I want to delete. Here is a simple JSON that I'm working on:
myData.json:
{
"data": [
{
"name": "John",
"age": "25",
"pet-rocks": [
{
"name": "Travis",
"age": "9"
},
{
"name": "Steven",
"age": "5"
},
{
"name": "Oliver",
"age": "7"
}
]
},
{
"name": "Jane",
"age": "25",
"pet-rocks": [
{
"name": "Jesse",
"age": "4"
},
{
"name": "Carol",
"age": "8"
},
{
"name": "Jake",
"age": "7"
}
]
}
]
}
I would like to do a search for "Steven" and remove that pet-rock from the list. Here are the things I've tried:
MyJSFile.js:
const myDataObject = require('./myData.json');
for (let key in myDataObject) {
let value = myDataObject[key];
if (value === "Steven")
{
delete myDataObject[key];
}
//To see if I get the data I want
console.log(key, value);
}
However, my output is strange and I'm not sure how to get to that child node of petrock. It appears that the petrocks are in object form, and I'm not sure how to get to them. here is the ouput of my console below. I assume it didn't get delete as there are still 3 petrock objects in the data.
data [
{
name: 'Robert',
age: '25',
'pet-rocks': [ [Object], [Object], [Object] ]
},
{
name: 'Robert',
age: '25',
'pet-rocks': [ [Object], [Object], [Object] ]
}
]
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
The pet rock named Steven is not a direct child of myDataObject, so you can't delete it like that. You can loop through the "data" array, rebuilding the "pet-rocks" array for each element. A simple filter to remove any pet rocks named Steven should work.
const myDataObject = {
"data": [
{
"name": "John",
"age": "25",
"pet-rocks": [
{
"name": "Travis",
"age": "9"
},
{
"name": "Steven",
"age": "5"
},
{
"name": "Oliver",
"age": "7"
}
]
},
{
"name": "Jane",
"age": "25",
"pet-rocks": [
{
"name": "Jesse",
"age": "4"
},
{
"name": "Carol",
"age": "8"
},
{
"name": "Jake",
"age": "7"
}
]
}
]
};
myDataObject.data.forEach(d => {
d["pet-rocks"] = d["pet-rocks"].filter(rock => rock.name !== "Steven");
});
console.log(myDataObject);