how to get duplicated items in array of objects in js code example

Example 1: how to find duplicate item in array of object in javascript

const values = [
  { name: 'someName1' },
  { name: 'someName2' },
  { name: 'someName3' },
  { name: 'someName1' }
]

const uniqueValues = new Set(values.map(v => v.name));

if (uniqueValues.size < values.length) {
  console.log('uniqueValues')
}

Example 2: find duplicates in an object array

npm i find-array-duplicates

import duplicates from 'find-array-duplicates'

const names = [
 { 'age': 36, 'name': 'Bob' },
 { 'age': 40, 'name': 'Harry' },
 { 'age': 1,  'name': 'Bob' }
]
 
duplicates(names, 'name').single()
// => [{ 'age': 36, 'name': 'Bob' }]