feat: options in find

lib/find.js

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
+var includes = require('lodash.includes')
+
 /**
  * Finds specific keys in an array
  *
@@ -10,11 +12,23 @@
  * @return {Array} an array of found objects
  */
 function find (jsonObject, options, findString) {
+    var typeCache;
+
     if (typeof options === 'string') {
         findString = options;
         options    = {};
     }
 
+    options.type = options.type || [];
+    options.max = options.max || -1;
+
+    if (typeof options.type === 'string') {
+        typeCache = options.type;
+
+        options.type = [];
+        options.type.push(typeCache);
+    }
+
     return matchJsonKey(jsonObject, options, findString)
 }
 
@@ -41,18 +55,31 @@ function matchJsonKey (jsonObject, options, findString) {
                 typeOfString = 'array';
             }
 
-            resultArray.push({
-                key: findString,
-                type: typeOfString,
-                data: value
-            });
+            // add if either
+            // all are allowed => empty array or
+            // if the specific type is in option.type
+            if (options.type.length === 0 || includes(options.type, typeOfString)) {
+                resultArray.push({
+                    key: findString,
+                    type: typeOfString,
+                    data: value
+                });
+
+                if (options.max !== -1 && resultArray.length === options.max) {
+                    return resultArray
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         // recursive if it is an object
         if (Object.prototype.toString.call(value) === '[object Object]') {
             var recursiveArray = matchJsonKey(value, options, findString)
 
             resultArray = resultArray.concat(recursiveArray)
+
+            if (options.max !== -1 && resultArray.length >= options.max) {
+                return resultArray
+            }
         }
     }
 

readme.md

@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ Check if it is a valid string or object. Just do a `JSON.parse` but with `try -
 
 Alias: `isJson()`
 
+Example:
+
 ```js
 var json = require('json-extra')
 
@@ -66,6 +68,8 @@ If you want to change your json string into a path just hit this method.
 `base` in an object is always the name of the folder.
 `subfolders` create new subfolders
 
+Example:
+
 ```js
 var json = require('json-extra')
 
@@ -94,6 +98,8 @@ Read a json file and returns an obj.
 
 Sync: `readToObjSync()`
 
+Example:
+
 ```js
 var json = require('json-extra')
 
@@ -116,6 +122,8 @@ Alias: `write()`<br>
 Sync: `createSync()`<br>
 Sync-Alias: `writeSync()`
 
+Example:
+
 ```js
 var json = require('json-extra')
 
@@ -133,6 +141,13 @@ json.create('/any/path/you/want', 'filename.json', '{json: "string or object"}',
 
 Finds a specific key in the json
 
+Options:
+
+- type (array | string): Get specific types. Available options: `array`, `object`, `string`, `boolean` or `number`
+- max (boolean): The maximum of keys to find. Default: `-1` alias unlimited
+
+Example:
+
 ```js
 var json = require('json-extra')
 var myJsonObejct = json.readToObj('./package.json')

test/find.spec.js

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ var base   = require('../');
 var expect = require('chai').expect;
 
 describe('find.js', function () {
-    it('should return the expected output', function (done) {
+    it('should return the expected output', function () {
         var jsonfile = {
             path: 'a path',
             nested: {
@@ -24,11 +24,9 @@ describe('find.js', function () {
         expect(foundKeys[0].data).to.be.an('string');
         expect(foundKeys[2].data).to.be.an('array');
         expect(foundKeys[0].data).to.equal('find this string');
-
-        done();
     });
 
-    it('should check if it is an array or object', function (done) {
+    it('should check if it is an array or object', function () {
         var jsonfile = {
             findme: ['test'],
             test: {
@@ -43,7 +41,55 @@ describe('find.js', function () {
         expect(foundKeys[0].type).to.equal('array');
         expect(foundKeys[1].data).to.be.an('object');
         expect(foundKeys[1].type).to.equal('object');
+    });
+
+    describe('check its options', function() {
+        var jsonfile;
+
+        beforeEach(function () {
+            jsonfile = {
+                path: 'a path',
+                nested: {
+                    path: 'a second path',
+                    findme: 'find this string',
+                    nested: {
+                        path: 'a third path',
+                        findme: {test: 'find this an object'}
+                    },
+                },
+                findme: ['this is an array']
+            };
+        });
+
+        it('type: should check the type option as string', function () {
+            var foundKeys = base.find(jsonfile, {
+                type: 'string'
+            }, 'findme');
+
+            expect(foundKeys.length).to.equal(1);
+            expect(foundKeys[0].type).to.equal('string');
+        });
+
+        it('type: should check the type option as array', function () {
+            var foundKeys = base.find(jsonfile, {
+                type: ['object', 'array']
+            }, 'findme');
+
+            expect(foundKeys.length).to.equal(2);
+            expect(foundKeys[0].type).to.equal('object');
+            expect(foundKeys[1].type).to.equal('array');
+        });
+
+        it('max: should check if the maximum is reduced', function () {
+            var foundKeys = base.find(jsonfile, {
+                max: 1
+            }, 'findme');
+            var foundKeys2 = base.find(jsonfile, {
+                max: 2
+            }, 'findme');
 
-        done();
+            expect(foundKeys.length).to.equal(1);
+            expect(foundKeys2.length).to.equal(2);
+        });
     });
-});
+});