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Lodash / Underscore sort object keys. Like _.sortBy(), but on keys instead of values, returning an object, not an array. Defaults to alphanumeric sort.
var obj = {b: 3, c: 2, a: 1};
_.sortKeysBy(obj);
// {a: 1, b: 3, c: 2}
_.sortKeysBy(obj, function (value, key) {
return value;
});
// {a: 1, c: 2, b: 3}
_.mixin({
'sortKeysBy': function (obj, comparator) {
var keys = _.sortBy(_.keys(obj), function (key) {
return comparator ? comparator(obj[key], key) : key;
});
return _.object(keys, _.map(keys, function (key) {
return obj[key];
}));
}
});
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drex44 commented Feb 19, 2021

Small variation that works with nested objects as well:

const sortByKeys = object => {
  const keys = Object.keys(object);
  const sortedKeys = _.sortBy(keys);

  return _.fromPairs(
    _.map(sortedKeys, key => {
      let value = object[key];
      if (typeof object[key] === "object" && !(object[key] instanceof Array)) {
        value = sortByKeys(value);
      }
      return [key, value];
    })
  );
};

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