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Sort field names alphabetically in JSON source data

darshthakkar
Valued Contributor

Hi Team,

I have my source data coming in JSON format. I want to sort the fields inside the JSON format alphabetically. One way is to use a mapper and arrange them one-one alphabetically but it is a tedious task if the fields are more. Can we use an expression in mapper or any other snap that does this for us?

Thank you.

Best Regards,
Darsh

1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION

AleksandarAngel
Contributor III

Hi @darshthakkar,

One approach will be to Map the input document with the following expression:

$.entries().sort((a,b) => a[0].localeCompare(b[0])).reduce((acc,curr) => acc.extend({[curr[0]]:curr[1]}),{})

Note: This will only sort properties on first level.

Let me know if this helps.

BR,
Aleksandar.

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Well, if the data that we have on input is in different format I might consider another approach because this is a special use case.

Makes sense, thank you @AleksandarAngelevski.

Alternative expression

$.keys().sort().toObject((k,i)=> k, (k,i)=> $.get(k))

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Thank you so much @alchemiz for your suggestion.
Iโ€™m sure it is going to work, will try and keep you postedโ€ฆ

darshthakkar
Valued Contributor

Hey @alchemiz,

The solution you provided worked, the only consideration is that - โ€œYou need to be at the bottom of the hierarchy for sorting to workโ€.

Thank you, anyways ๐Ÿ™‚