A function to flatten objects or arrays. Depends on underscore.js.

gistfile1.js

function flattenObject(obj, initial) {
  var flatObject = initial || {};
  Object.keys(obj).forEach(function(key) {
    result = _.result(obj, key);
    if (_.isArray(result)) { result = flattenObject(result, []); }
    else if (_.isObject(result)) { result = flattenObject(result); }
    flatObject[key] = result; 
  });
  return flatObject;
}