deep-compare

• Checks if file exists
• Add if key is missing

Use-case

There is a directory files that contains directories that has json files.

• files
  • en
    • a.json
    • b.json
    • c.json
  • nl
    • c.json

Find missing files and keys in nl directory.

Example

Import dependency

const deepCompare = require('deep-compare-json');

const basePath = './files';
const filesDirs = ['en', 'nl'];


deepCompare.directory({
  basePath: basePath,
  compareWith: filesDirs,
  createUpdate: false,
  defaultDir: 'en',
  key_placeholder: 'demo_key'
}).then(response => {
  console.log(response);
});

Result

{ nl:
   [ 
     { file: a.json',
       missing_keys:
        'Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open \'./files/nl/a.json\'' 
    },
     { file: 'b.json',
       missing_keys:
        'Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open \'./files/nl/b.json\'' 
    },
     { file: 'c.json',
       missing_keys: 'form.fields.name.errors.min1Len' 
      } 
  ] 
}

Settings

Name	Type	Description
basePath	string	required base path of directory. See example
compareWith	array	required An array of directory's name inside basePath
defaultDir	string	optional Directory and files are compared against this directory.
createUpdate	boolean	optional Default: false if set to true then missing key and files are created.
key_placeholder	string	optional Default: missing_key. A placeholder value of missing key.
debugLog	boolean	optional Default : false. If set to true then shows log