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titleExtend 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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titleExpression 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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titleJSON 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.