# extend-shallow [![NPM version](https://badge.fury.io/js/extend-shallow.svg)](http://badge.fury.io/js/extend-shallow) [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/extend-shallow.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/extend-shallow) > Extend an object with the properties of additional objects. node.js/javascript util. ## Install Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/) ```sh $ npm i extend-shallow --save ``` ## Usage ```js var extend = require('extend-shallow'); extend({a: 'b'}, {c: 'd'}) //=> {a: 'b', c: 'd'} ``` Pass an empty object to shallow clone: ```js var obj = {}; extend(obj, {a: 'b'}, {c: 'd'}) //=> {a: 'b', c: 'd'} ``` ## Related * [extend-shallow](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/extend-shallow): Extend an object with the properties of additional objects. node.js/javascript util. * [for-own](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/for-own): Iterate over the own enumerable properties of an object, and return an object with properties… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/for-own) * [for-in](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/for-in): Iterate over the own and inherited enumerable properties of an objecte, and return an object… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/for-in) * [is-plain-object](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-plain-object): Returns true if an object was created by the `Object` constructor. * [isobject](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/isobject): Returns true if the value is an object and not an array or null. * [kind-of](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/kind-of): Get the native type of a value. ## Running tests Install dev dependencies: ```sh $ npm i -d && npm test ``` ## Author **Jon Schlinkert** + [github/jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) + [twitter/jonschlinkert](http://twitter.com/jonschlinkert) ## License Copyright © 2015 Jon Schlinkert Released under the MIT license. *** _This file was generated by [verb-cli](https://github.com/assemble/verb-cli) on June 29, 2015._