This app will deduplicate any objects and fields within the provided JSON file. Duplicates are identified by all matching fields/values except for any _id values. It will output a file named clean_application.json with the cleaned schema.

I opted to use a recursive technique for this solution, which can help with performance and scalability. However, the potential downside is that it can make it more difficult to maintain. An alternate way to solve this problem would be to "hard-code" different paths to inspect, but the largest downside there is scaling when other fields need de-duplication. I added more documentation that would help me and other developers when this code needs to be changed to assist in maintainability.

This requires an argument to be passed in and can be run using a command like the one below. The argument must be a JSON file the has a versions field.

npm install
npm run dedupFile ./mock_application.json

Tests are written and executed in Jest.

npm test

• Handle cases where we want children to de-duplicate, but not the parent entity
• Make the _id field a configurable argument