Capture contents of Firefox/IE error console through code?

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Is it possible to capture the contents of either the Firefox or IE javascript error console? I'm thinking adding a feature where when a user clicks the 'Report A Bug' link on my site, it also sends along the contents of the console, incase there are any useful errors in it. That way I don't have to tell them to manually open it and copy & paste the contents to me.

See "Capturing javascript console.log?" stackoverflow.com/questions/11403107/… — Luchostein
– Luchostein, Commented Sep 30, 2015 at 18:32

scunliffe · Accepted Answer · 2009-10-07 23:00:34Z

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you can hook into the window.onerror event and send a request to your server with the details.

Just be aware that it won't work on all browsers, and the details of the error will vary by browser. e.g. IE may return the oh so helpful: "Object does not support property or method" and you're left wondering which object, what property?... ;-)

answered Oct 7, 2009 at 23:00

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davr Over a year ago

This looks good, here's a page I found with an example: javascriptkit.com/javatutors/error3.shtml

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