# collection-visit [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/collection-visit) [](https://npmjs.org/package/collection-visit) [](https://npmjs.org/package/collection-visit) [](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/collection-visit) > Visit a method over the items in an object, or map visit over the objects in an array. ## Install Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/): ```sh $ npm install --save collection-visit ``` ## Usage ```js var visit = require('collection-visit'); var ctx = { data: {}, set: function (key, value) { if (typeof key === 'object') { visit(ctx, 'set', key); } else { ctx.data[key] = value; } } }; ctx.set('a', 'a'); ctx.set('b', 'b'); ctx.set('c', 'c'); ctx.set({d: {e: 'f'}}); console.log(ctx.data); //=> {a: 'a', b: 'b', c: 'c', d: { e: 'f' }}; ``` ## About ### Related projects * [base-methods](https://www.npmjs.com/package/base-methods): base-methods is the foundation for creating modular, unit testable and highly pluggable node.js applications, starting… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/base-methods) | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/base-methods "base-methods is the foundation for creating modular, unit testable and highly pluggable node.js applications, starting with a handful of common methods, like `set`, `get`, `del` and `use`.") * [map-visit](https://www.npmjs.com/package/map-visit): Map `visit` over an array of objects. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/map-visit "Map `visit` over an array of objects.") * [object-visit](https://www.npmjs.com/package/object-visit): Call a specified method on each value in the given object. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/object-visit "Call a specified method on each value in the given object.") ### Contributing Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](../../issues/new). ### Contributors | **Commits** | **Contributor** | | --- | --- | | 13 | [jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) | | 9 | [doowb](https://github.com/doowb) | ### Building docs _(This project's readme.md is generated by [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in the [.verb.md](.verb.md) readme template.)_ To generate the readme, run the following command: ```sh $ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme && verb ``` ### Running tests Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command: ```sh $ npm install && npm test ``` ### Author **Jon Schlinkert** * [github/jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) * [twitter/jonschlinkert](https://twitter.com/jonschlinkert) ### License Copyright © 2017, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert). Released under the [MIT License](LICENSE). *** _This file was generated by [verb-generate-readme](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), v0.5.0, on April 09, 2017._