houdini/client/js/common/form-to-object.js

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// Convert a form to an object literal
module.exports = function(form) {
if(form === undefined) throw new Error("form is undefined")
var result = {}
var fields = toArr(form.querySelectorAll('input, textarea, select'))
.filter(function(n) { return n.hasAttribute('name') })
.map(function(n) {
var name = n.getAttribute('name')
var keys = n.getAttribute('name').split('.')
if(n.value && n.value.toString().length) { // won't set empty strings for empty vals
if(n.getAttribute('type') === 'checkbox') {
deepSet(keys, n.checked, result)
} else if(n.getAttribute('type') === 'radio') {
if(n.checked) deepSet(keys, n.value, result)
} else {
deepSet(keys, n.value, result)
}
}
})
return result
}
function toArr(x) { return Array.prototype.slice.call(x) }
// Given an array of nested keys, a value, and a target object:
// Set the value into the object at the last nested key
function deepSet(keys, val, obj, options) {
var exceptLast = keys.slice(0, keys.length-1)
var last = keys[keys.length-1]
var nested = exceptLast.reduce(function(nestedObj, key) {
if(nestedObj[key] === undefined) {
nestedObj[key] = {}
return nestedObj[key]
} else {
return nestedObj[key]
}
}, obj)
// if(nested[last] === undefined) nested[last] = {}
nested[last] = val
return obj
}