Group array of JavaScript objects by keys

This fork of JamieMason's implementation changes the key parameter to be an array of keys instead of just a single key. This makes it possible to group by multiple properties instead of just one.

Implementation

const groupBy = keys => array =>
  array.reduce((objectsByKeyValue, obj) => {
    const value = keys.map(key => obj[key]).join('-');
    objectsByKeyValue[value] = (objectsByKeyValue[value] || []).concat(obj);
    return objectsByKeyValue;
  }, {});

Click to see TypeScript version

/**
 * Group array of objects by given keys
 * @param keys keys to be grouped by
 * @param array objects to be grouped
 * @returns an object with objects in `array` grouped by `keys`
 * @see <https://gist.github.com/mikaello/06a76bca33e5d79cdd80c162d7774e9c>
 */
const groupBy = <T>(keys: (keyof T)[]) => (array: T[]): Record<string, T[]> =>
  array.reduce((objectsByKeyValue, obj) => {
    const value = keys.map((key) => obj[key]).join('-');
    objectsByKeyValue[value] = (objectsByKeyValue[value] || []).concat(obj);
    return objectsByKeyValue;
  }, {} as Record<string, T[]>);

Usage

const cars = [
  { brand: 'Audi', produced: '2016', color: 'black' },
  { brand: 'Audi', produced: '2017', color: 'white' },
  { brand: 'Ford', produced: '2016', color: 'red' },
  { brand: 'Ford', produced: '2016', color: 'white' },
  { brand: 'Peugot', produced: '2018', color: 'white' }
];

const groupByBrand = groupBy(['brand']);
const groupByColor = groupBy(['color']);
const groupByBrandAndYear = groupBy(['brand', 'produced']);

console.log(
  JSON.stringify({
    carsByBrand: groupByBrand(cars),
    carsByColor: groupByColor(cars),
    carsByBrandAndYear: groupByBrandAndYear(cars)
  }, null, 2)
);

Output

{
  "carsByBrand": {
    "Audi": [
      {
        "brand": "Audi",
        "produced": "2016",
        "color": "black"
      },
      {
        "brand": "Audi",
        "produced": "2017",
        "color": "white"
      }
    ],
    "Ford": [
      {
        "brand": "Ford",
        "produced": "2016",
        "color": "red"
      },
      {
        "brand": "Ford",
        "produced": "2016",
        "color": "white"
      }
    ],
    "Peugot": [
      {
        "brand": "Peugot",
        "produced": "2018",
        "color": "white"
      }
    ]
  },
  "carsByColor": {
    "black": [
      {
        "brand": "Audi",
        "produced": "2016",
        "color": "black"
      }
    ],
    "white": [
      {
        "brand": "Audi",
        "produced": "2017",
        "color": "white"
      },
      {
        "brand": "Ford",
        "produced": "2016",
        "color": "white"
      },
      {
        "brand": "Peugot",
        "produced": "2018",
        "color": "white"
      }
    ],
    "red": [
      {
        "brand": "Ford",
        "produced": "2016",
        "color": "red"
      }
    ]
  },
  "carsByBrandAndYear": {
    "Audi-2016": [
      {
        "brand": "Audi",
        "produced": "2016",
        "color": "black"
      }
    ],
    "Audi-2017": [
      {
        "brand": "Audi",
        "produced": "2017",
        "color": "white"
      }
    ],
    "Ford-2016": [
      {
        "brand": "Ford",
        "produced": "2016",
        "color": "red"
      },
      {
        "brand": "Ford",
        "produced": "2016",
        "color": "white"
      }
    ],
    "Peugot-2018": [
      {
        "brand": "Peugot",
        "produced": "2018",
        "color": "white"
      }
    ]
  }
}

See playcode.io for example.

  array.reduce((objectsByKeyValue, obj) => {
   // Instead of creating a unique key for each grouped by values, we are now traversing (and building) 
   // the whole object structure for every array value:
    keys.reduce((builder, key, index) => {
      if (index !== keys.length - 1) {
        // Building the nested grouped by structure
        builder[obj[key]] = builder[obj[key]] || {};
      } else {
        // Appending the current object at the leaf node
        builder[obj[key]] = (builder[obj[key]] || []).concat(obj);
      }
      return builder[obj[key]];
    }, objectsByKeyValue);

    return objectsByKeyValue;
  }, {});

JSON.stringify(
  groupBy(["a", "b", "c"])([
    { a: "xxx", b: "yyy", c: "zzz", q: "111" },
    { a: "xxx", b: "yyy", c: "diff" },
    { a: "xxx", b: "yyy", c: "zzz", t: "222" },
  ]),
  null,
  2,
),
);

/*
{
"xxx": {
  "yyy": {
    "zzz": [
      {
        "a": "xxx",
        "b": "yyy",
        "c": "zzz",
        "q": "111"
      },
      {
        "a": "xxx",
        "b": "yyy",
        "c": "zzz",
        "t": "222"
      }
    ],
    "diff": [
      {
        "a": "xxx",
        "b": "yyy",
        "c": "diff"
      }
    ]
  }
}
}
*/

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