Removing object properties with Lodash

Question

I have to remove unwanted object properties that do not match my model. How can I achieve it with Lodash?

My model is:

var model = {
   fname: null,
   lname: null
}

My controller output before sending to the server will be:

var credentials = {
    fname: "xyz",
    lname: "abc",
    age: 23
}

I am aware I can use

delete credentials.age

but what if I have lots of unwanted properties? Can I achieve it with Lodash?

Answer 1

Get a list of properties from model using _.keys(), and use _.pick() to extract the properties from credentials to a new object:

var model = {
   fname:null,
   lname:null
};

var credentials = {
    fname:"xyz",
    lname:"abc",
    age:23
};

var result = _.pick(credentials, _.keys(model));

console.log(result);

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If you don't want to use Lodash, you can use Object.keys(), and Array.prototype.reduce():

var model = {
   fname:null,
   lname:null
};

var credentials = {
    fname:"xyz",
    lname:"abc",
    age:23
};

var result = Object.keys(model).reduce(function(obj, key) {
  obj[key] = credentials[key];
  return obj;
}, {});

console.log(result);