const user = {
personalInfo: {
name: 'Michael Bluth',
addresses: [{ city: 'Sudden Valley' }]
}
};
const getNestedObject = (nestedObj, pathArr) => {
return pathArr.reduce(
(obj, key) => (obj && obj[key] !== 'undefined' ? obj[key] : null),
nestedObj
);
};
// pass in your object structure as array of strings
const name = getNestedObject(user, ['personalInfo', 'name']);
// to access nested array, just pass in array index as an element the path array.
const city = getNestedObject(user, ['personalInfo', 'addresses', 0, 'city']);
// this will return the city from the first address item.