How do I transform the data from this API into an array of objects organized by a specific prop?

Question

I'm getting this data from an API:

 let dataFromApi = [
    {
      // lots of other props
      name: 'super cool place',
      address: 'address of food place',
      classification: 'food',
    },
    {
      // lots of other props
      name: 'name of tech place',
      address: 'address of tech place',
      classification: 'tech',
    },
    {
      // lots of other props
      name: 'name of clothes place',
      address: 'address of clothes place',
      classification: 'clothes',
    },
    {
      // lots of other props
      name: 'name of of another clothes place',
      address: 'address of another clothes place',
      classification: 'clothes',
    },
    {
      // lots of other props
      name: 'name of of another tech place',
      address: 'address of another tech place',
      classification: 'tech',
    },
  ]

What I'd like to do is create a new array of objects that has 2 things:

1. A prop called classification;

2. A prop called establishments, which is an array of objects containing all the establishments matching the classification prop.

Meaning something like this:

let establishmentsArray = [
    {
      classification: 'food',
      establishments: [
        {
          name: 'name of food place',
          address: 'address of food place',
          classification: 'food',
          // rest of its props
        },
        // Lots of other food places places
      ],
    },
    {
      classification: 'clothes',
      establishments: [
        {
          name: 'name of clothes place',
          address: 'address of clothes place',
          classification: 'clothes',
          // rest of its props
        },
        {
          name: 'name of another clothes place',
          address: 'address of another clothes place',
          classification: 'clothes',
          // rest of its props
        },
        // Lots of other clothes places
      ],
    },
    {
      classification: 'tech',
      establishments: [
        {
          name: 'name of tech place',
          address: 'address of tech place',
          classification: 'tech',
          // rest of its props
        },
        {
          name: 'name of another tech place',
          address: 'address of another tech place',
          classification: 'tech',
          // rest of its props
        },
        // Lots of other tech places
      ],
    },
  ]

Thanks for the help in advance!

Answer 1

Here is another example, you can use map.reduce:

const groupByClassification = (items) => {
  const grouped = items.reduce((acc, cur) => {
    if (cur.classification in acc) {
      acc[cur.classification].establishments.push(cur);

      return acc;
    }

    const newGroupItem: GroupedItem = {
      classification: cur.classification,
      establishments: [cur]
    };

    return {
      ...acc,
      [cur.classification]: newGroupItem
    };
  }, {} });

  return Object.values(grouped);
};

Answer 2

let dataFromApi = [
    {
      // lots of other props
      name: 'super cool place',
      address: 'address of food place',
      classification: 'food',
    },
    {
      // lots of other props
      name: 'name of tech place',
      address: 'address of tech place',
      classification: 'tech',
    },
    {
      // lots of other props
      name: 'name of clothes place',
      address: 'address of clothes place',
      classification: 'clothes',
    },
    {
      // lots of other props
      name: 'name of of another clothes place',
      address: 'address of another clothes place',
      classification: 'clothes',
    },
    {
      // lots of other props
      name: 'name of of another tech place',
      address: 'address of another tech place',
      classification: 'tech',
    },
  ]


function GroupByClassification(data){
  var groupedData = {};
  for (const element of data) {
  if(!(element.classification in groupedData)){
    groupedData[element.classification] = [element];
    }else{
    groupedData[element.classification].push(element);
    }
  }
  return groupedData;
}

console.log(GroupByClassification(dataFromApi));