chatRedux/backend/node_modules/express-fileupload/lib/processNested.js

const { isSafeFromPollution } = require("./utilities");

module.exports = function(data){
  if (!data || data.length < 1) return Object.create(null);

  let d = Object.create(null),
    keys = Object.keys(data);

  for (let i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
    let key = keys[i],
      value = data[key],
      current = d,
      keyParts = key
        .replace(new RegExp(/\[/g), '.')
        .replace(new RegExp(/\]/g), '')
        .split('.');

    for (let index = 0; index < keyParts.length; index++){
      let k = keyParts[index];

      // Ensure we don't allow prototype pollution
      if (!isSafeFromPollution(current, k)) {
        continue;
      }

      if (index >= keyParts.length - 1){
        current[k] = value;
      } else {
        if (!current[k]) current[k] = !isNaN(keyParts[index + 1]) ? [] : Object.create(null);
        current = current[k];
      }
    }
  }
  return d;
};