hasOwnProperty is the method you're looking for
if (object.hasOwnProperty('id')) {
// do stuff
}
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/hasOwnProperty
As an alternative, you can do something like:
if (typeof object.id !== 'undefined') {
// note that the variable is defined, but could still be 'null'
}
In this particular case, the error you're seeing suggests that object is null, not id so be wary of that scenario.
For testing awkward deeply nested properties of various things like this, I use brototype.
