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Description

Indicates whether the object has the specified property.

The in operator and get method can be used as a shorthand to test if an object has a property or get the value of a property with a default if it does not exist.

Note
This function is not supported in Spark pipelines.

Note

The function does not currently match the JavaScript behavior and will be changed in the near future. In particular, the argument is treated as a JSON-Path instead of a plain property name and it will return false if the property exists, but the value is null. Most expressions should continue to work as expected since they are not qualified paths. If your expression passes a JSON-Path or if the property value is null, use the hasPath method instead.

Syntax

Code Block
object.hasOwnProperty(field)

Example

Expression: $.hasOwnProperty("Id")

Result: Returns true if the object has the key "Id"

Expression: To create a ternary conditional expression:

$.hasOwnProperty('query') ? $query : 'not present in input'

hasPath

Description

Indicates whether the object has the specified property. This method is recommended

to be used instead of the hasOwnProperty method

when working with JSON-Path, especially when looking for fields nested deep within the object.

Info
This expression is

handy

useful since, if you use the hasOwnProperty method, you

would

have to construct complex sub-expressions to check if the field exists.

Syntax

Paste code macro
object.hasPath(field)

Example

Expression: $.hasPath("Id")

Result: Returns true if the object has the key "Id"

Example JSON Object:

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language	json
title	JSON Example

{
"Name":"previewdata.json",
"Type":"File",
"Size (in bytes)":"4",
"Owner":null,
"Update date":"2019-10-06T16:50:58.000Z",
"Creation date":"unknown",
"Permissions":"unknown"
}

Expression: $.hasPath("Type")

Result: Returns True since the object "Type" has a specified value.

Expression: $.hasPath("Owner")

Result: Returns False since even though the object has the key "Owner", it is null.

Expression: $.hasPath("Region")

Result: Returns False since the object does not have "Region".

isEmpty

Description

Returns true if the given object has no properties.

Note
This function is not supported in Spark pipelines.

Syntax

Code Block
object.isEmpty()

Example

Expression: {}.isEmpty()

Result: Returns true.

Expression: { foo: 1 }.isEmpty()

Result: Returns false.

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title	Extend Method: Converting an array into an object

A JSON Array of objects with unique/non-overlapping keys can be converted to an object using the extend object method along with a Spread Operator. The extend object method does so by creating objects dynamically from other objects passed in as arguments, the spread operator will have to be used to indicate that the elements of the array should be treated as the arguments to the function. The expression to be used is:

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title	Expression using extend method to convert an array into an object

{}extend(...$<Array_name>)

1. Input the array into Mapper Snap (this can be done using a JSON Generator Snap). For this example, the following array will be used:

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language	json
title	JSON Array

{
 "myArray": [
   {
     "Header1": {
       "a": 11,
       "b": 21,
       "c": 31
     }
   },
   {
     "Header2": {
       "a": 12,
       "b": 22,
       "c": 32
     }
   },
   {
     "Header3": {
       "a": 13,
       "b": 23,
       "c": 33
     }
   }
 ]
}

2. The Mapper Snap must be configured as shown below. Notice the Expression and Target path fields.

3. When executed, the output will be an object.

Note
The array should have unique keys for this method to work, if they overlap then the last element of the array will be converted.

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Old Version 34

New Version 35

Key

hasPath

isEmpty

1. Input the array into Mapper Snap (this can be done using a JSON Generator Snap). For this example, the following array will be used:

2. The Mapper Snap must be configured as shown below. Notice the Expression and Target path fields.

3. When executed, the output will be an object.