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validate objects & filter arrays with mongodb queries

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For extended documentation, checkout http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/query/

Features:

Node.js Examples


import sift from 'sift';

//intersecting arrays
var sifted = sift({ $in: ['hello','world'] }, ['hello','sifted','array!']); //['hello']

//regexp filter
var sifted = sift(/^j/, ['craig','john','jake']); //['john','jake']


//A *sifter* is returned if the second parameter is omitted
var testQuery = sift({

    //you can also filter against functions
    name: function(value) {
        return value.length == 5;
    }
});

//filtered: [{ name: 'craig' }]
[{
    name: 'craig',
},
{
    name: 'john'
},
{
    name: 'jake'
}].filter(testQuery);


//you can test *single values* against your custom sifter
testQuery({ name: 'sarah' }); //true
testQuery({ name: 'tim' }); //false\

Browser Examples

<html>
    <head>
        <script src="https://raw.github.com/crcn/sift.js/master/sift.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
        <script type="text/javascript">
            //regexp filter
            var sifted = sift(/^j/, ['craig','john','jake']); //['john','jake']
        </script>
    </head>
    <body>
    </body>
</html>

API

.sift(filter[, array][, selectorFn])

  • filter - the filter to use against the target array
  • array - sifts against target array. Without this, a function is returned
  • selectorFn - selector for the values within the array.

With an array:

sift({$exists:true}, ['craig',null]); //['craig']

Without an array, a sifter is returned:

var siftExists = sift({$exists:true});

siftExists('craig'); //true
siftExists(null); //false
['craig',null].filter(siftExists); //['craig']

With a selector:

var sifter = sift({$exists:true}, function(user) {
    return !!user.name;
});


sifter([
    {
        name: "Craig"
    },
    {
        name: null
    }
])

With your sifter, you can also test values:

siftExists(null); //false
siftExists('craig'); //true

Supported Operators:

See MongoDB's advanced queries for more info.

$in

array value must be $in the given query:

Intersecting two arrays:

//filtered: ['Brazil']
sift({ $in: ['Costa Rica','Brazil'] }, ['Brazil','Haiti','Peru','Chile']);

Here's another example. This acts more like the $or operator:

sift({ location: { $in: ['Costa Rica','Brazil'] } }, [ { name: 'Craig', location: 'Brazil' } ]);

$nin

Opposite of $in:

//filtered: ['Haiti','Peru','Chile']
sift({ $nin: ['Costa Rica','Brazil'] }, ['Brazil','Haiti','Peru','Chile']);

$exists

Checks if whether a value exists:

//filtered: ['Craig','Tim']
sift({ $exists: true }, ['Craig',null,'Tim']);

You can also filter out values that don't exist

//filtered: [{ name: 'Craig', city: 'Minneapolis' }]
sift({ city: { $exists: false } }, [ { name: 'Craig', city: 'Minneapolis' }, { name: 'Tim' }]);

$gte

Checks if a number is >= value:

//filtered: [2, 3]
sift({ $gte: 2 }, [0, 1, 2, 3]);

$gt

Checks if a number is > value:

//filtered: [3]
sift({ $gt: 2 }, [0, 1, 2, 3]);

$lte

Checks if a number is <= value.

//filtered: [0, 1, 2]
sift({ $lte: 2 }, [0, 1, 2, 3]);

$lt

Checks if number is < value.

//filtered: [0, 1]
sift({ $lt: 2 }, [0, 1, 2, 3]);

$eq

Checks if query === value. Note that $eq can be omitted. For $eq, and $ne

//filtered: [{ state: 'MN' }]
sift({ state: {$eq: 'MN' }}, [{ state: 'MN' }, { state: 'CA' }, { state: 'WI' }]);

Or:

//filtered: [{ state: 'MN' }]
sift({ state: 'MN' }, [{ state: 'MN' }, { state: 'CA' }, { state: 'WI' }]);

$ne

Checks if query !== value.

//filtered: [{ state: 'CA' }, { state: 'WI'}]
sift({ state: {$ne: 'MN' }}, [{ state: 'MN' }, { state: 'CA' }, { state: 'WI' }]);

$mod

Modulus:

//filtered: [300, 600]
sift({ $mod: [3, 0] }, [100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600]);

$all

values must match everything in array:

//filtered: [ { tags: ['books','programming','travel' ]} ]
sift({ tags: {$all: ['books','programming'] }}, [
{ tags: ['books','programming','travel' ] },
{ tags: ['travel','cooking'] } ]);

$and

ability to use an array of expressions. All expressions must test true.

//filtered: [ { name: 'Craig', state: 'MN' }]

sift({ $and: [ { name: 'Craig' }, { state: 'MN' } ] }, [
{ name: 'Craig', state: 'MN' },
{ name: 'Tim', state: 'MN' },
{ name: 'Joe', state: 'CA' } ]);

$or

OR array of expressions.

//filtered: [ { name: 'Craig', state: 'MN' }, { name: 'Tim', state: 'MN' }]
sift({ $or: [ { name: 'Craig' }, { state: 'MN' } ] }, [
{ name: 'Craig', state: 'MN' },
{ name: 'Tim', state: 'MN' },
{ name: 'Joe', state: 'CA' } ]);

$nor

opposite of or:

//filtered: [ { name: 'Tim', state: 'MN' }, { name: 'Joe', state: 'CA' }]
sift({ $nor: [ { name: 'Craig' }, { state: 'MN' } ] }, [
{ name: 'Craig', state: 'MN' },
{ name: 'Tim', state: 'MN' },
{ name: 'Joe', state: 'CA' } ]);

$size

Matches an array - must match given size:

//filtered: ['food','cooking']
sift({ tags: { $size: 2 } }, [ { tags: ['food','cooking'] }, { tags: ['traveling'] }]);

$type

Matches a values based on the type

sift({ $type: Date }, [new Date(), 4342, 'hello world']); //returns single date
sift({ $type: String }, [new Date(), 4342, 'hello world']); //returns ['hello world']

$regex

Matches values based on the given regular expression

sift({ $regex: /^f/i, $nin: ["frank"] }, ["frank", "fred", "sam", "frost"]); // ["fred", "frost"]
sift({ $regex: "^f", $options: "i", $nin: ["frank"] }, ["frank", "fred", "sam", "frost"]); // ["fred", "frost"]

$where

Matches based on some javascript comparison

sift({ $where: "this.name === 'frank'" }, [{name:'frank'},{name:'joe'}]); // ["frank"]
sift({
    $where: function() {
        return this.name === "frank"
    }
}, [{name:'frank'},{name:'joe'}]); // ["frank"]

$elemMatch

Matches elements of array

var bills = [{
    month: 'july',
    casts: [{
        id: 1,
        value: 200
    },{
        id: 2,
        value: 1000
    }]
},
{
    month: 'august',
    casts: [{
        id: 3,
        value: 1000,
    }, {
        id: 4,
        value: 4000
    }]
}];

var result = sift({
    casts: {$elemMatch:{
        value: {$gt: 1000}
    }}
}, bills); // {month:'august', casts:[{id:3, value: 1000},{id: 4, value: 4000}]}

$not

Not expression:

sift({$not:{$in:['craig','tim']}}, ['craig','tim','jake']); //['jake']
sift({$not:{$size:5}}, ['craig','tim','jake']); //['tim','jake']

sub object Searching

var people = [{
    name: 'craig',
    address: {
        city: 'Minneapolis'
    }
},
{
    name: 'tim',
    address: {
        city: 'St. Paul'
    }
}];

var sifted = sift({ address: { city: 'Minneapolis' }}, people); // count = 1

//or
var sifted = sift({'address.city': 'minneapolis'}, people);//count = 1

Get index of first matching element

Get the index (0-based) of first matching element in target array. Returns -1 if no match is found.

import {indexOf as siftIndexOf} from 'sift';
var people = [{
    name: 'craig',
    address: {
        city: 'Minneapolis'
    }
},
{
    name: 'tim',
    address: {
        city: 'St. Paul'
    }
}];

var index = siftIndexOf({ address: { city: 'Minneapolis' }}, people); // index = 0