How to get a subset of a javascript object's properties

Using Object Destructuring and Property Shorthand

const object = { a: 5, b: 6, c: 7  };
const picked = (({ a, c }) => ({ a, c }))(object);

console.log(picked); // { a: 5, c: 7 }

From Philipp Kewisch:

This is really just an anonymous function being called instantly. All of this can be found on the Destructuring Assignment page on MDN. Here is an expanded form

let unwrap = ({a, c}) => ({a, c});

let unwrap2 = function({a, c}) { return { a, c }; };

let picked = unwrap({ a: 5, b: 6, c: 7 });

let picked2 = unwrap2({a: 5, b: 6, c: 7})

console.log(picked)
console.log(picked2)

I suggest taking a look at Lodash; it has a lot of great utility functions.

For example pick() would be exactly what you seek:

var subset = _.pick(elmo, ['color', 'height']);

fiddle

If you are using ES6 there is a very concise way to do this using destructuring. Destructuring allows you to easily add on to objects using a spread, but it also allows you to make subset objects in the same way.

const object = {
  a: 'a',
  b: 'b',
  c: 'c',
  d: 'd',
}

// Remove "c" and "d" fields from original object:
const {c, d, ...partialObject} = object;
const subset = {c, d};

console.log(partialObject) // => { a: 'a', b: 'b'}
console.log(subset) // => { c: 'c', d: 'd'};