array-to-tree

Convert a plain array of nodes (with pointers to parent nodes) to a nested data structure.

Solves a problem with conversion of retrieved from a database sets of data to a nested data structure (i.e. navigation tree).

Installation

$ npm install array-to-tree --save

Usage

var arrayToTree = require('array-to-tree');

var dataOne = [{
  id: 1,
  name: "Portfolio",
  parent_id: undefined
}, {
  id: 2,
  name: "Web Development",
  parent_id: 1
}, {
  id: 3,
  name: "Recent Works",
  parent_id: 2
}, {
  id: 4,
  name: "About Me",
  parent_id: undefined
}];

arrayToTree(dataOne);

/*
 * Output:
 *
 * Portfolio
 *   Web Development
 *     Recent Works
 * About Me
 */

var dataTwo = [{
  _id: 'ec654ec1-7f8f-11e3-ae96-b385f4bc450c',
  name: "Portfolio",
  parent: null
}, {
  _id: 'ec666030-7f8f-11e3-ae96-0123456789ab',
  name: "Web Development",
  parent: 'ec654ec1-7f8f-11e3-ae96-b385f4bc450c'
}, {
  _id: 'ec66fc70-7f8f-11e3-ae96-000000000000',
  name: "Recent Works",
  parent: 'ec666030-7f8f-11e3-ae96-0123456789ab'
}, {
  _id: '32a4fbed-676d-47f9-a321-cb2f267e2918',
  name: "About Me",
  parent: null
}];

arrayToTree(dataTwo, {
  parentProperty: 'parent',
  customID: '_id'
});

/*
 * Output:
 *
 * Portfolio
 *   Web Development
 *     Recent Works
 * About Me
 */

API

`arrayToTree(data, [options])`

Convert a plain array of nodes (with pointers to parent nodes) to a a nested data structure.

Parameters

Array data: An array of data
Object options: An object containing the following fields:
- parentProperty (String): A name of a property where a link to a parent node could be found. Default: 'parent_id'
- customID (String): An unique node identifier. Default: 'id'