Limpio

For some reason, you become some nasty nils in a response that you do not want to have?? you can get rid of them with this gem. It removes recursively the nils in Arrays and Hashes. The gems knows how to treat each kind of Object (String, true, false, etc) that in inside of the Hash/Array.

TIP: before using this gem, make sure why you are getting those ugly nils. Avoid them at all costs ;).

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'limpio'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install limpio

The gem's API is really simple...it just contains one method.

For an Array:

array = [
  "value1",
  "",
  {
    key4: "value4",
    key5: "",
    key6: {
      key7: {}
    }
  },
  {},
  nil,
  [],
  [nil, 1.23],
  [nil, 123, false, true],
  true,
  false
]

result = array.deep_reject_blank!

p result
[
  "value1",
  {
    key4: "value4"
  },
  [1.23],
  [123, false, true],
  true,
  false
]

For an Hash:

hash = {
  key1: "value1",
  key2: "",
  key3: {
    key4: "value4",
    key5: "",
    key6: {
      key7: {}
    }
  },
  key8: {},
  key9: nil,
  key10: [],
  key11: [nil, 1.23],
  key12: [nil, 123, false, true],
  key13: true,
  key14: false
}

result = hash.deep_reject_blank!

p result
{
  key1: "value1",
  key3: {
    key4: "value4"
  },
  key11: [1.23],
  key12: [123, false, true],
  key13: true,
  key14: false
}

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and the created tag, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/mariiillo/limpio. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the code of conduct.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Everyone interacting in the Limpio project's codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.