Admin for objects

objectAdmin.ts

  /**
   * Triggers all the methods below it to return a nicely
   * formatted object.
   * @param args
   */
  sanitise(args) {
    const flatParams = this.flatten(args);
    const cleanParams = this.clean(flatParams);
    return this.parseDates(cleanParams);
  }

  /**
   * Takes an object with empty or null items and removes them
   *
   * @param o: Object
   */
  clean = o => {
    Object.keys(o).forEach(k => !o[k] && delete o[k]);
    return o;
  }

  /**
   * Takes a nested object and flattens it into an array
   *
   * @param o: Object
   */
  flatten = o =>
    Object.assign(
      {},
      ...(function _flatten(internalO) {
        return [].concat(
          ...Object.keys(internalO).map(k =>
            typeof internalO[k] === 'object' && !(internalO[k] instanceof Date)
              ? _flatten(internalO[k])
              : { [k]: internalO[k] },
          ),
        );
      })(o || {}),
    )

  /**
   * Converts any dates into the object into UTC ISO strings
   *
   * @param o: Object
   */
  parseDates = o => {
    Object.keys(o).forEach(k => {
      o[k] = o[k] instanceof Date ? new Date(o[k]).toISOString() : o[k];
    });

    return o;
  }