Package - sift

validate objects & filter arrays with mongodb queries

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

Features:

Supported operators: $in, $nin, $exists, $gte, $gt, $lte, $lt, $eq, $ne, $mod, $all, $and, $or, $nor, $not, $size, $type, $regex, $where, $elemMatch
Regexp searches
Function filtering
sub object searching
dot notation searching
Supports node.js, and web
Small (2 kb minified) library
Custom Expressions
filtering of immutable datastructures

Node.js Examples

import sift from "sift";

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

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

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

var result = [
  {
    name: "craig"
  },
  {
    name: "john"
  },
  {
    name: "jake"
  }
].filter(testFilter); // filtered: [{ name: 'craig' }]

//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(query: MongoQuery, options?: SiftOptions): Function

query - the filter to use against the target array
options - select - value selector - expressions - custom expressions

With an array:

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

Without an array, a sifter is returned:

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

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

With a selector:

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

[
  {
    name: "Craig"
  },
  {
    name: null
  }
].filter(omitNameFilter);

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']
["Brazil", "Haiti", "Peru", "Chile"].filter(
  sift({ $in: ["Costa Rica", "Brazil"] })
);

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

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

$nin

Opposite of $in:

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

$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' }]
[{ name: "Craig", city: "Minneapolis" }, { name: "Tim" }].filter(
  sift({ city: { $exists: false } })
);

$gte

Checks if a number is >= value:

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

$gt

Checks if a number is > value:

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

$lte

Checks if a number is <= value.

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

$lt

Checks if number is < value.

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

$eq

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

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

Or:

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

$ne

Checks if query !== value.

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

$mod

Modulus:

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

$all

values must match everything in array:

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

$and

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

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

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

$or

OR array of expressions.

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

$nor

opposite of or:

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

$size

Matches an array - must match given size:

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

$type

Matches a values based on the type

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

$regex

Matches values based on the given regular expression

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

$where

Matches based on some javascript comparison

[{ name: "frank" }, { name: "joe" }].filter(
  sift({ $where: "this.name === 'frank'" })
); // ["frank"]
[{ name: "frank" }, { name: "joe" }].filter(
  sift({
    $where: function() {
      return this.name === "frank";
    }
  })
); // ["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 = bills.filter(
  sift({
    casts: {
      $elemMatch: {
        value: { $gt: 1000 }
      }
    }
  })
); // {month:'august', casts:[{id:3, value: 1000},{id: 4, value: 4000}]}

$not

Not expression:

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

sub object Searching

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

var sifted = people.filter(sift({ address: { city: "Minneapolis" } })); // count = 1

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

Custom expressions

var filter = sift(
  {
    $customMod: 2
  },
  {
    expressions: {
      $customMod: function(query, value) {
        return query % value;
      }
    }
  }
);

[1, 2, 3, 4, 5].filter(filter); // 1, 3, 5

Current Tags

8.0.1 ... beta (6 years ago)
17.1.3 ... latest (7 months ago)