Check if array of objects contain certain key

Question

I need to determine if a certain key exists in an array of objects.

Here is a sample array:

arrOfObj = [{
        "mainKey1": {
            "subKey1": {
                "innerKey1": {
                    "innerMostKey1": {
                        "key1": "value"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }, {
        "mainKey2": {
            "key2": "value"
        }
    }, {
        "mainKey3": {
            "subKey3": {
                "key3": "value"
            }
        }
    }
]

I was trying to do this but I get the wrong output:

const objKeys = Object.keys(arrOfObj)
console.log('objKeys = ' + JSON.stringify(arrOfObj))

Output is the index numbers:

objKeys = ["0", "1", "2"]

I want to have a function that works like this:

var isKeyPresent = checkKeyPresenceInArray('mainKey3')

Please note though that I only need to check the topmost level in the objects - in above example, these are the main keys (mainKey1, etc) and that their content is dynamic (some others have deeply nested object inside and some not so.

Help!

Answer 1

You can try using array.some():

let checkKeyPresenceInArray = key => arrOfObj.some(obj => Object.keys(obj).includes(key));

let arrOfObj = [{
        "mainKey1": {
            "subKey1": {
                "innerKey1": {
                    "innerMostKey1": {
                        "key1": "value"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }, {
        "mainKey2": {
            "key2": "value"
        }
    }, {
        "mainKey3": {
            "subKey3": {
                "key3": "value"
            }
        }
    }
]

let checkKeyPresenceInArray = key => arrOfObj.some(obj => Object.keys(obj).includes(key));


var isKeyPresent = checkKeyPresenceInArray('mainKey3')

console.log(isKeyPresent);

Answer 2

You can iterate through the array, check and see if any of the objects has the key that you are looking for, and return true if it does. If you don't find the key, then the for loop will complete and it will return false.

arrOfObj = [{
        "mainKey1": {
            "subKey1": {
                "innerKey1": {
                    "innerMostKey1": {
                        "key1": "value"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }, {
        "mainKey2": {
            "key2": "value"
        }
    }, {
        "mainKey3": {
            "subKey3": {
                "key3": "value"
            }
        }
    }
]

function arrayHasKey(arr, key) {
  for (const obj of arr) {
    if (key in obj) { return true; }
  }
  return false;
}

console.log(arrayHasKey(arrOfObj, "mainKey2"))
console.log(arrayHasKey(arrOfObj, "mainKey10"))