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Deep Copy in Node JS without using any external packages

Using v8 on Noe JS you can deep copy object without using any external packages. Here is an example

const v8 = require("v8")

const obj = {
    status: "verified",
    profile: {
        name: "John Doe",
        email: "john@gmail.com",
        phone: "123-456-7890"
    }
}

const deepCopiedObj = v8.deserialize(v8.serialize(obj))
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Now this looks similar to JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(obj)) but the internal workings are different.

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Hidayt Rahman

Is v8 is external package?

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Shuvo

No it's a core package of nodejs

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Dylan Watson

So.... Why not just use JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(obj)) then?

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Shuvo

Their working are different