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Dottie helps you easily (and without sacrificing too much performance) look up and play with nested keys in objects, without them throwing up in your face.

**Not actively maintained. You are likely better off using lodash or ES6+**

## Install
    npm install dottie

## Usage
For detailed usage, check source or tests.

### Get value
Gets nested value, or undefined if unreachable, or a default value if passed.

```js
var values = {
  some: {
    nested: {
        key: 'foobar';
    }
  },
  'some.dot.included': {
    key: 'barfoo'
  }
}

dottie.get(values, 'some.nested.key'); // returns 'foobar'
dottie.get(values, 'some.undefined.key'); // returns undefined
dottie.get(values, 'some.undefined.key', 'defaultval'); // returns 'defaultval'
dottie.get(values, ['some.dot.included', 'key']); // returns 'barfoo'
```

*Note: lodash.get() also works fine for this* 

### Set value

Sets nested value, creates nested structure if needed

```js
dottie.set(values, 'some.nested.value', someValue);
dottie.set(values, ['some.dot.included', 'value'], someValue);
dottie.set(values, 'some.nested.object', someValue, {
  force: true // force overwrite defined non-object keys into objects if needed
});
```

### Transform object
Transform object from keys with dottie notation to nested objects

```js
var values = {
  'user.name': 'Gummy Bear',
  'user.email': 'gummybear@candymountain.com',
  'user.professional.title': 'King',
  'user.professional.employer': 'Candy Mountain'
};
var transformed = dottie.transform(values);

/*
{
  user: {
    name: 'Gummy Bear',
    email: 'gummybear@candymountain.com',
    professional: {
      title: 'King',
      employer: 'Candy Mountain'
    }
  }
}
*/
```

#### With a custom delimiter

```js
var values = {
  'user_name': 'Mick Hansen',
  'user_email': 'maker@mhansen.io'
};
var transformed = dottie.transform(values, { delimiter: '_' });

/*
{
  user: {
    name: 'Mick Hansen',
    email: 'maker@mhansen.io'
  }
}
*/
```

### Get paths in object
```js
var object = {
  a: 1,
  b: {
    c: 2,
    d: { e: 3 }
  }
};

dottie.paths(object); // ["a", "b.c", "b.d.e"];
```

## Performance

`0.3.1` and up ships with `dottie.memoizePath: true` by default, if this causes any bugs, please try setting it to false

## License

[MIT](https://github.com/mickhansen/dottie.js/blob/master/LICENSE)