How do you log content of a JSON object in Node.js?

Question

Is it possible to print an objects contents e.g. methods and attributes in Node.js?

At the moment I\'m trying to print the session object and get the following:

Answer 1

This will for most of the objects for outputting in nodejs console

var util = require('util')
function print (data){
  console.log(util.inspect(data,true,12,true))
  
}

print({name : "Your name" ,age : "Your age"})

Answer 2

Try this one:

console.log("Session: %j", session);

If the object could be converted into JSON, that will work.

Answer 3

To have an output more similar to the raw console.log(obj) I usually do use console.log('Status: ' + util.inspect(obj)) (JSON is slightly different).

Answer 4

console.log(obj);

Run: node app.js > output.txt

Answer 5

function prettyJSON(obj) {
    console.log(JSON.stringify(obj, null, 2));
}

// obj -> value to convert to a JSON string
// null -> (do nothing)
// 2 -> 2 spaces per indent level

JSON.stringify on MDN

Answer 6

console.dir() is the most direct way.