I'm looking for an equivalent of var_dump in node.js.
I'd like to send the content of the request / response circular structure as a part of the response.
I know I can see it in the console, but that's not what I'm looking for.
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To get what you’d get in the console by using console.log as a string for sending to the client as part of your response, you can use util.inspect.
"use strict";
const http = require("http");
const util = require("util");
http.createServer((request, response) => {
response.setHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain;charset=utf-8");
response.end(util.inspect(request));
}).listen(8000, "::1");
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Nabi K.A.Z.
For better formatted:
console.log(util.inspect(request, { depth: null, colors: true, compact: true }));You can simply use the NPM package var_dump
npm install var_dump --save-dev
Usage:
const var_dump = require('var_dump')
var variable = {
'data': {
'users': {
'id': 12,
'friends': [{
'id': 1,
'name': 'John Doe'
}]
}
}
}
// print the variable using var_dump
var_dump(variable)
This will print:
object(1) {
["data"] => object(1) {
["users"] => object(2) {
["id"] => number(12)
["friends"] => array(1) {
[0] => object(2) {
["id"] => number(1)
["name"] => string(8) "John Doe"
}
}
}
}
}
Link: https://www.npmjs.com/package/var_dump
Thank me later!
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There is a npm package called circular-json, it's very good to use. I wonder why it is not built-in...
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yesnik
circular-json package has been deprecated. This package's author recommends to use flatted package: github.com/WebReflection/flatted#flattedWhat about using JSON.stringify()?
console.log("Object:" + JSON.stringify(object));
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Nabi K.A.Z.
For better formatted:
console.log("Object:" + JSON.stringify(object, null, 2));