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Introduction

Useful when converting a list of file names into a nested UL/LI tree. Perfect for site maps, and directory listings.

Provide a list of file names:

• blog/all.html
• blog/2036/overflows.html

And recieve a directory-like tree:

• blog
  • all.html
  • 2036
    • overflows.html

Installation

Install it with NPM:

npm install --save treeify-paths

Import with modern syntax:

import treeifyPaths from "treeify-paths";

Or if you are not using NPM, install the library by downloading the source file directly and including it in your project:

curl -o treeify-paths.js "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/khtdr/treeify-paths/blob/master/dist/treeify-paths.js"

Load with classic syntax:

let treeify_paths = require("./treeify-paths").default;

The library itself is written in a few lines of typescript.

Example Usage

This module provides a function treeifyPaths that takes a list of file names and returns a directory-like tree.

type Tree :{
  path :string     // full path to this node
  name :string     // name of this leaf
  children :Tree[] // sub tree of trees and leaves
}
treeifyPaths(paths :string[]) => :Tree

This example produces prints the following output:

import treeifyPaths from 'treeify-paths';
console.log(JSON.stringify(treeifyPaths([
  'about.html',
  'careers',
  'careers/job-1.html',
  'careers/job-2.html',
  'to/some/page.aspx',
]), null, 3);

{
    "path": "",
    "name": "",
    "children": [
        {
            "path": "about.html",
            "name": "about.html",
            "children": []
        },
        {
            "path": "careers",
            "name": "careers",
            "children": [
                {
                    "path": "careers/job-1.html",
                    "name": "job-1.html",
                    "children": []
                },
                {
                    "path": "careers/job-2.html",
                    "name": "job-2.html",
                    "children": []
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "path": "to",
            "name": "",
            "children": [
                {
                    "path": "to/some",
                    "name": "",
                    "children": [
                        {
                            "path": "to/some/page.aspx",
                            "name": "page.aspx",
                            "children": []
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Online Interactive Examples

• Live example
• Download example

Testing

The mocha tests have many examples

> treeify-paths@1.0.2 pretest khtdr/treeify-paths
> tsc lib.ts && mv lib.js treeify-paths.js

> treeify-paths@1.0.2 test khtdr/treeify-paths
> mocha tests.js

  treeifyPaths([...arguments])
    arguments: none
      ✓ should return an empty object
    arguments: empty list
      ✓ should return an empty object
    arguments: list with a single file
      ✓ should return a single file
      ✓ should return with nested children
    arguments: multiple file names
      ✓ should return with nested children
      ✓ should alphabetize
      ✓ should ignore duplicates

  7 passing (8ms)

The full source code and examples are available at: khtdr/treeify-paths