Create nested array data from an array of objects
You could create recursive function with reduce method for this.
const data = [{id: 1, parent_id: null, name: 'test1'},{id: 2, parent_id: null, name: 'test2'},{id: 3, parent_id: 2, name: 'test3'},{id: 4, parent_id: 2, name: 'test4'},{id: 5, parent_id: 4, name: 'test5'},{id: 6, parent_id: 4, name: 'test5'},{id: 7, parent_id: 2, name: 'test5'},{id: 8, parent_id: 2, name: 'test5'},{id: 9, parent_id: null, name: 'test5'},{id: 10, parent_id: null, name: 'test5'},]
function nest(data, parentId = null) {
return data.reduce((r, e) => {
let obj = Object.assign({}, e)
if (parentId == e.parent_id) {
let children = nest(data, e.id)
if (children.length) obj.children = children
r.push(obj)
}
return r;
}, [])
}
console.log(nest(data))You could take a single loop approach by using an object and the id and parent_id as key and collect the items/children to it.
The order is only important for the order in the children array.
const
data = [{ id: 1, parent_id: null, name: 'test1' }, { id: 2, parent_id: null, name: 'test2' }, { id: 3, parent_id: 2, name: 'test3' }, { id: 4, parent_id: 2, name: 'test4' }, { id: 5, parent_id: 4, name: 'test5' }, { id: 6, parent_id: 4, name: 'test5' }, { id: 7, parent_id: 2, name: 'test5' }, { id: 8, parent_id: 2, name: 'test5' }, { id: 9, parent_id: null, name: 'test5' }, { id: 10, parent_id: null, name: 'test5' }],
tree = function (data, root) {
var t = {};
data.forEach(o => {
Object.assign(t[o.id] = t[o.id] || {}, o);
t[o.parent_id] = t[o.parent_id] || {};
t[o.parent_id].children = t[o.parent_id].children || [];
t[o.parent_id].children.push(t[o.id]);
});
return t[root].children;
}(data, null);
console.log(tree);.as-console-wrapper { max-height: 100% !important; top: 0; }