JavaScript flattening an array of arrays of objects

If you only need simple flatten, this may works:

var arr = [['object1', 'object2'],['object1'],['object1','object2','object3']];
var flatenned = arr.reduce(function(a,b){ return a.concat(b) }, []);

For more complex flattening, Lodash has the flatten function, which maybe what you need: https://lodash.com/docs#flatten

//Syntax: _.flatten(array, [isDeep])

_.flatten([1, [2, 3, [4]]]);
// → [1, 2, 3, [4]];

// using `isDeep` to recursive flatten
_.flatten([1, [2, 3, [4]]], true);
// → [1, 2, 3, 4];

A recursive solution for deep (nested) flattening:

function flatten(a) {
  return Array.isArray(a) ? [].concat.apply([], a.map(flatten)) : a;
}

A bit more compactly with ES6:

var flatten = a => Array.isArray(a) ? [].concat(...a.map(flatten)) : a;

For fun, using a generator named F for "flatten", to lazily generate flattened values:

function *F(a) {
  if (Array.isArray(a)) for (var e of a) yield *F(e); else yield a;
}

>> console.log(Array.from(F([1, [2], 3])));
<< [ 1, 2, 3 ]

For those not familiar with generators the yield * syntax yields values from another generator. Array.from takes an iterator (such as results from invoking the generator function) and turns it into an array.


You can use Array.concat like bellow:-

var arr = [['object1', 'object2'],['object1'],['object1','object2','object3']];
var flattened = [].concat.apply([],arr);

flattened will be your expected array.

ES 2020 gives the flat, also flatMap if you want to iterate over, to flat lists of lists:

[['object1'], ['object2']].flat() // ['object1', 'object2']

you can use flat() :

const data = [ [{id:1}, {id:2}], [{id:3}] ];
const result = data.flat();
console.log(result);

// you can specify the depth

const data2 = [ [ [ {id:1} ], {id:2}], [{id:3}] ];
const result2 = data2.flat(2);

console.log(result2);

in your case :

const data = [[{"_id":"55064111d06b96d974937a6f","title":"Generic Title","shortname":"generic-title","contents":"<p>The Healing Center offers practical, social, and spiritual support to individuals and families. Services include, but are not limited to: food and clothing, job skills training and job search assistance, auto repair (Saturdays only), mentoring, financial counseling, tutoring, prayer, life skills training, and helpful information about local community services.</p><p>Stay in touch with us:</p>","__v":0},{"_id":"5508e1405c621d4aad2d2969","title":"test english","shortname":"test-page","contents":"<h2>English Test</h2>","__v":0}],[{"_id":"550b336f33a326aaee84f883","shortname":"ok-url","title":"now english","contents":"<p>okokko</p>","category":"Transportation","__v":0}]]

const result = data.flat();

console.log(result);