simple uri object setter and getter

object.js

const PATH = require('path')

function set(obj, path, value) {
  let keys = PATH.normalize(path).split('/').filter(Boolean)
  let k
  while(keys.length) {
    k = keys.shift()
    if(!obj[k] || typeof obj[k] != 'object') {
      obj[k] = keys.length == 0 ? value : {}
    }
    obj = obj[k]
  }
  return value
}

function get(obj, path) {
  let keys = PATH.normalize(path).split('/').filter(Boolean)

  return keys.reduce((v, key) => {
    return v[key]
  }, obj)
}


const data = {
  "menu": {
    "id": 123,
    "list": [0, 1, 2, 3, 4],
    "popup": {
      "menuitem": [
        {
          "value": "New",
          "onclick": "CreateNewDoc()"
        },
        {
          "value": "Open",
          "onclick": "OpenDoc()"
        },
        {
          "value": "Close",
          "onclick": "CloseDoc()"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

let obj = {}

// console.log(get(data, '/menu/id/'))
// console.log(get(data, '/menu/popup/menuitem/0/value/'))
// console.log(get(data, '/menu/popup/menuitem/0/value/../../'))

set(obj, '/a/b', 'a')
console.log(obj)

console.log(get(obj, 'a/b/'))