Retrive array object from object in Javascript

Question

var obj={"firstName":"John","lastName":"Smith","isAlive":true,"age":25,"address":{"streetAddress":"21 2nd Street","city":"New York","state":"NY","postalCode":"10021-3100"},"phoneNumbers":[{"type":"home","number":"212 555-1234"},{"type":"office","number":"646 555-4567"},{"type":"mobile","number":"123 456-7890"}],"children":[],"spouse":null};

I want to access the phoneNumbers field So I use

phone=obj.phoneNumbers;

I get an array but without "phoneNumbers" field.I want to get someting like this:

{
 "phoneNumbers": [
 {
 "type": "home",
 "number": "212 555-1234"
 },
 {
 "type": "office",
 "number": "646 555-4567"
 },
 {
 "type": "mobile",
 "number": "123 456-7890"
 }
 ]
}

• Jonas Wilms: and why should this be useful?
• YAKOVM: because my API ask for it
• Umair: @Yakov You can check my answer.

Answer 1

You have to create a new object then

var phone = { "phoneNumbers": obj.phoneNumbers };

Answer 2

You can add that part in:

var phone = {"phoneNumbers" : obj.phoneNumbers};

Although there should be a good reason for doing this (like, need to pass it to an API that expects exactly "x"). A single-property object is about as useful as the value of its single property.

Answer 3

How about making a function and using it for other similar purposes:

function transform (prop, payload) {
 return { [prop]: payload };
}

And use it like:

phone = transform('phoneNumbers', obj.phoneNumbers);