How to display a JSON with different keys in React?

Question

I have an input JSON shown below:

data: {
    “2020-09-19”: [
        {
            end: “2020-09-19T10:30:00Z”,
            start: “2020-09-19T06:52:10Z”,
            user: “rakul”
        },
        {
            end: “2020-09-19T18:30:00Z”,
            start: “2020-09-19T10:30:00Z”,
            user: “jeet”
        },
        {
            end: “2020-09-20T02:30:00Z”,
            start: “2020-09-19T18:30:00Z”,
            user: “rahul”
        }
    ],
    “2020-09-22": [
        {
            end: “2020-09-20T10:30:00Z”,
            start: “2020-09-20T02:30:00Z”,
            user: “rakul”
        },
        {
            end: “2020-09-20T18:30:00Z”,
            start: “2020-09-20T10:30:00Z”,
            user: “jeet”
        },
        {
            end: “2020-09-21T02:30:00Z”,
            start: “2020-09-20T18:30:00Z”,
            user: “rahul”
        }
    ]
}

I want to display the JSON in the below format in React:

The challenge I am facing here is since the JSON contains multiple keys with different dates, I am not able to perform a map on the object. Can someone suggest how to do display the above JSON in the table/list format as shown in the image?

Answer 1

Use Object.entries()

 const data = { "2020-09-19": [ { end: "2020-09-19T10:30:00Z", start: "2020-09-19T06:52:10Z", user: "rakul", }, { end: "2020-09-19T18:30:00Z", start: "2020-09-19T10:30:00Z", user: "jeet", }, { end: "2020-09-20T02:30:00Z", start: "2020-09-19T18:30:00Z", user: "rahul", }, ], "2020-09-22": [ { end: "2020-09-20T10:30:00Z", start: "2020-09-20T02:30:00Z", user: "rakul", }, { end: "2020-09-20T18:30:00Z", start: "2020-09-20T10:30:00Z", user: "jeet", }, { end: "2020-09-21T02:30:00Z", start: "2020-09-20T18:30:00Z", user: "rahul", }, ], } Object.entries(data).forEach(([date, content]) => { console.log(date) content.forEach((c) => { console.log('\\t', c.start, c.end, c.user) }) })

Answer 2

I think that your issue is more related to the conversion from an object to an array, to be able to iterate on it. There are multiple ways to do that:

1 - You can use Object.entries() as @hgb123 recommended you:

 const myObject = { a: 1, b: 2, c: 3}; const myArray = Object.entries(myObject); console.log(myArray);

2 - You can get the keys of the object using Object.keys() , as @Gandzal recommended you, and iterate on the returned array:

 const myObject = { a: 1, b: 2, c: 3}; const myKeys = Object.keys(myObject); console.log(myKeys); const myArray = myKeys.map(key => [key, myObject[key]]); console.log(myArray);

3 - Or you can use Array.prototype.reduce() on the array returned by Object.keys() :

 const myObject = { a: 1, b: 2, c: 3}; const myArray = Object.keys(myObject).reduce((arr, key) => [...arr, [key, myObject[key]]], []); console.log(myArray);

Whatever method you choose, iterate on an array, and display its results is easy after the conversion:

 const data = { "2020-09-19": [ { end: "2020-09-19T10:30:00Z", start: "2020-09-19T06:52:10Z", user: "rakul", }, { end: "2020-09-19T18:30:00Z", start: "2020-09-19T10:30:00Z", user: "jeet", }, { end: "2020-09-20T02:30:00Z", start: "2020-09-19T18:30:00Z", user: "rahul", }, ], "2020-09-22": [ { end: "2020-09-20T10:30:00Z", start: "2020-09-20T02:30:00Z", user: "rakul", }, { end: "2020-09-20T18:30:00Z", start: "2020-09-20T10:30:00Z", user: "jeet", }, { end: "2020-09-21T02:30:00Z", start: "2020-09-20T18:30:00Z", user: "rahul", }, ], }; const List = props => Object.entries(props.data).map(([date, items]) => ( <div key={date}> <strong>{date}</strong><br/><br/> { items.map((content, index) => ( <span key={index}> start: {content.start}<br/> end: {content.end}<br/> user: {content.user}<br/><br/> </span> )) } </div> )); ReactDOM.render( <List data={data} />, document.getElementById('example') );

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Answer 3

See CodeSandbox with basic example with no styling.

data is an object with key:value pairs. The key is the date you require at the top of the schedule, where the value of that key is the information (end/start/user)

An option is to use the Object.keys() function to iterate over your data object and map a Schedule component, thereby rendering your data.

const ScheduleList = (props) => {

  return (
    Object.keys(props.data).map(dateKey => {
      return <Schedule key={dateKey} dates={props.data[dateKey]} date={dateKey} />
    })
  );
}

and a simple use case

const App = () => {     

    return <ScheduleList data={data} />
}

the Schedule component will be responsible for the presentation of the data. The bold date will be available as props.date, and the end/start/user data will be available as props.dates in the Schedule component.