import { RaRecord, Identifier } from '../types';

/**
 * Extracts, aggregates and deduplicates the ids of related records
 *
 * @example
 *     const books = [
 *         { id: 1, author_id: 123, title: 'Pride and Prejudice' },
 *         { id: 2, author_id: 123, title: 'Sense and Sensibility' },
 *         { id: 3, author_id: 456, title: 'War and Peace' },
 *     ];
 *     getRelatedIds(books, 'author_id'); => [123, 456]
 *
 * @example
 *     const books = [
 *         { id: 1, tag_ids: [1, 2], title: 'Pride and Prejudice' },
 *         { id: 2, tag_ids: [2, 3], title: 'Sense and Sensibility' },
 *         { id: 3, tag_ids: [4], title: 'War and Peace' },
 *     ];
 *     getRelatedIds(records, 'tag_ids'); => [1, 2, 3, 4]
 *
 * @param {Object[]} records An array of records
 * @param {string} field the identifier of the record field to use
 */
export const getRelatedIds = (
    records: RaRecord[],
    field: string
): Identifier[] =>
    Array.from(
        new Set(
            records
                .filter(record => record[field] != null)
                .map(record => record[field])
                .reduce((ids, value) => ids.concat(value), [])
        )
    );