// Thanks to https://lengstorf.com/get-form-values-as-json/

/**
 * Checks that an element has a non-empty `name` and `value` property.
 * @param  {Element} element  the element to check
 * @return {Bool}             true if the element is an input, false if not
 */
const isValidElement = element => {
  return element.name && element.value;
};

/**
 * Checks if an element’s value can be saved (e.g. not an unselected checkbox).
 * @param  {Element} element  the element to check
 * @return {Boolean}          true if the value should be added, false if not
 */
const isValidValue = element => {
  return (!['checkbox', 'radio'].includes(element.type) || element.checked);
};

/**
 * Checks if an input is a checkbox, because checkboxes allow multiple values.
 * @param  {Element} element  the element to check
 * @return {Boolean}          true if the element is a checkbox, false if not
 */
const isCheckbox = element => element.type === 'checkbox';

/**
 * Checks if an input is a `select` with the `multiple` attribute.
 * @param  {Element} element  the element to check
 * @return {Boolean}          true if the element is a multiselect, false if not
 */
const isMultiSelect = element => element.options && element.multiple;

/**
 * Retrieves the selected options from a multi-select as an array.
 * @param  {HTMLOptionsCollection} options  the options for the select
 * @return {Array}                          an array of selected option values
 */
const getSelectValues = options => [].reduce.call(options, (values, option) => {
  return option.selected ? values.concat(option.value) : values;
}, []);


/**
 * Retrieves input data from a form and returns it as a JSON object.
 * @param  {HTMLFormControlsCollection} elements  the form elements
 * @return {Object}                               form data as an object literal
 */
export const formToJSON = form => [].reduce.call(form.getElementsByTagName("*"), (data, element) => {
  // Make sure the element has the required properties and should be added.
  if (isValidElement(element) && isValidValue(element)) {

    /*
     * Some fields allow for more than one value, so we need to check if this
     * is one of those fields and, if so, store the values as an array.
     */
    if (isCheckbox(element)) {
      data[element.name] = (data[element.name] || []).concat(element.value);
    } else if (isMultiSelect(element)) {
      data[element.name] = getSelectValues(element);
    } else {
      data[element.name] = element.value;
    }
  }

  return data;
}, {});