# dot-prop

> Get, set, or delete a property from a nested object using a dot path

## Install

```sh
npm install dot-prop
```

## Usage

```js
import {getProperty, setProperty, hasProperty, deleteProperty} from 'dot-prop';

// Getter
getProperty({foo: {bar: 'unicorn'}}, 'foo.bar');
//=> 'unicorn'

getProperty({foo: {bar: 'a'}}, 'foo.notDefined.deep');
//=> undefined

getProperty({foo: {bar: 'a'}}, 'foo.notDefined.deep', 'default value');
//=> 'default value'

getProperty({foo: {'dot.dot': 'unicorn'}}, 'foo.dot\\.dot');
//=> 'unicorn'

getProperty({foo: [{bar: 'unicorn'}]}, 'foo[0].bar');
//=> 'unicorn'

// Setter
const object = {foo: {bar: 'a'}};
setProperty(object, 'foo.bar', 'b');
console.log(object);
//=> {foo: {bar: 'b'}}

const foo = setProperty({}, 'foo.bar', 'c');
console.log(foo);
//=> {foo: {bar: 'c'}}

setProperty(object, 'foo.baz', 'x');
console.log(object);
//=> {foo: {bar: 'b', baz: 'x'}}

setProperty(object, 'foo.biz.0', 'a');
console.log(object);
//=> {foo: {bar: 'b', baz: 'x', biz: ['a']}}

// Has
hasProperty({foo: {bar: 'unicorn'}}, 'foo.bar');
//=> true

// Deleter
const object = {foo: {bar: 'a'}};
deleteProperty(object, 'foo.bar');
console.log(object);
//=> {foo: {}}

object.foo.bar = {x: 'y', y: 'x'};
deleteProperty(object, 'foo.bar.x');
console.log(object);
//=> {foo: {bar: {y: 'x'}}}
```

## API

### getProperty(object, path, defaultValue?)

Get the value of the property at the given path.

Returns the value if any.

### setProperty(object, path, value)

Set the property at the given path to the given value.

Returns the object.

### hasProperty(object, path)

Check whether the property at the given path exists.

Returns a boolean.

### deleteProperty(object, path)

Delete the property at the given path.

Returns a boolean of whether the property existed before being deleted.

### escapePath(path)

Escape special characters in a path. Useful for sanitizing user input.

```js
import {getProperty, escapePath} from 'dot-prop';

const object = {
	foo: {
		bar: '👸🏻 You found me Mario!',
	},
	'foo.bar' : '🍄 The princess is in another castle!',
};
const escapedPath = escapePath('foo.bar');

console.log(getProperty(object, escapedPath));
//=> '🍄 The princess is in another castle!'
```

### deepKeys(object)

Returns an array of every path. Plain objects are deeply recursed and are not themselves included.

This can be useful to help flatten an object for an API that only accepts key-value pairs or for a tagged template literal.

```js
import {getProperty, deepKeys} from 'dot-prop';

const user = {
	name: {
		first: 'Richie',
		last: 'Bendall',
	},
};

for (const property of deepKeys(user)) {
	console.log(`${property}: ${getProperty(user, property)}`);
	//=> name.first: Richie
	//=> name.last: Bendall
}
```

#### object

Type: `object | array`

Object or array to get, set, or delete the `path` value.

You are allowed to pass in `undefined` as the object to the `get` and `has` functions.

#### path

Type: `string`

Path of the property in the object, using `.` to separate each nested key.

Use `\\.` if you have a `.` in the key.

The following path components are invalid and results in `undefined` being returned: `__proto__`, `prototype`, `constructor`.

#### value

Type: `unknown`

Value to set at `path`.

#### defaultValue

Type: `unknown`

Default value.

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