youneedme v0.0.4

Lightweight utilities that you will need sooner or later.

Installation

Using npm:

$ npm i youneedme -s

In Node.js:

// Load the full build
const ynm = require('youneedme');

// Load only what you need
const { safeUse } = require('youneedme');

Usage

ynm.safeUse(source, path, defaultValue)

source (required) string|object could be an object literal, array or string

path (optional) string|Array A path to the desired value located in the source object

Please note that path it will be considered only when source it's of type 'object'.

defaultValue (optional) any A value to be return in case that source it's null or undefined or the no result was found using the provided path

Examples

Most used examples:

const { safeUse } = require('youneedme');

const object = {
	key1: 'Value',
	key2: {
		id: 7,
	},
	key3: [
		{ name: 'John' },
		{ name: 'Doe' },
	]
};

safeUse(object, 'key1'); // => 'Value'
safeUse(object, 'key2.id'); // => '7'
safeUse(object, 'key3.0.name'); // => 'John'
safeUse(object, 'non.existent.key', 'Not Found'); // => 'Not Found'

Why youneedme?

Things will change, have faith!

• Good reason 1
• Good reason 2
• Good reason 3. You didn't expect that! 🤯

WIP, BRB