JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/lodash.js/4.17.5/lodash.min.js"></script>
<body>
<div id="content"></div>
</body>
JavaScript
let differences = function (newObj, oldObj) {
return _.reduce(newObj, function (result, value, key) {
if (!_.isEqual(value, oldObj[key])) {
if (_.isArray(value)) {
result[key] = []
_.forEach(value, function (innerObjFrom1, index) {
if (_.isNil(oldObj[key][index])) {
result[key].push(innerObjFrom1)
} else {
let changes = differences(innerObjFrom1, oldObj[key][index])
if (!_.isEmpty(changes)) {
result[key].push(changes)
}
}
})
} else if (_.isObject(value)) {
result[key] = differences(value, oldObj[key])
} else {
result[key] = value
}
}
return result
}, {})
}
// Test
let obj1 = {
a: 1,
b: 2,
c: { foo: 1, bar: 2},
d: { baz: 1, bat: 2 }
}
let obj2 = {
b: 2,
c: { foo: 1, bar: 'monkey'},
d: { baz: 1, bat: 2 },
e: 1
}
var diff = differences(obj1, obj2)
document.getElementById("content").innerHTML = JSON.stringify(diff)