How can I get the full object in Node js s console log rather than Object

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When debugging using console log    how can I get the full object   const myObject         a   a       b           c   c          d              e   e             f                 g   g                h                    i   i                                               console log myObject     Outputs     a   a   b    c   c   d    e   e   f   Object          But I want to also see the content of property f

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Both of these usages can be applied      more compact  and colour can be applied  better for process managers logging  console dir queryArgs    depth  null  colors  true         get a clear list of actual values console log JSON stringify queryArgs  undefined  2

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Another simple method is to convert it to json  console log  connection    j   myObject

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You can also do  console log JSON stringify myObject  null  3

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You can use JSON stringify  and get some nice indentation as well as perhaps easier to remember syntax   console log JSON stringify myObject  null  4               a    a        b              c    c            d                  e    e                f                      g    g                    h                          i    i                                                      The third argument sets the indentation level  so you can adjust that as desired   More detail here if needed   https   developer mozilla org en-US docs Web JavaScript Reference Global Objects JSON stringify

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A compilation of the many useful answers from  at least  Node js v0 10 33  stable    v0 11 14  unstable  presumably through  at least  v7 7 4  the version current as of the latest update to this answer   Tip of the hat to Rory O Kane for his help   tl dr  To get the desired output for the example in the question  use console dir     console dir myObject    depth  null         depth  null  ensures unlimited recursion   Why not util inspect    Because it   s already at the heart of diagnostic output  console log   and console dir   as well as the Node js REPL use util inspect   implicitly  It   s generally not necessary to require  util   and call util inspect   directly   Details below      console log    and its alias  console info       If the 1st argument is NOT a format string  util inspect   is automatically applied to every argument    o     one  1  two   deux   foo  function        console log o   1 2 3      - gt      one  1  two   deux   foo   Function      1  2  3    Note that you cannot pass options through util inspect   in this case  which implies 2 notable limitations    Structural depth of the output is limited to 2 levels  the default     Since you cannot change this with console log    you must instead use console dir    console dir myObject    depth  null   prints with unlimited depth  see below   You can   t turn syntax coloring on    If the 1st argument IS a format string  see below   uses util format   to print the remaining arguments based on the format string  see below   e g     o     one  1  two   deux   foo  function        console log  o as JSON   j   o     - gt    o as JSON    one  1  two   deux    Note    There is NO placeholder for representing objects util inspect  -style  JSON generated with  j is NOT pretty-printed     console dir      Accepts only 1 argument to inspect  and always applies util inspect       essentially  a wrapper for util inspect   without options by default  e g     o     one  1  two   deux   foo  function        console dir o      Effectively the same as console log o  in this case   Node js v0 11 14   The optional 2nd argument specifies options for util inspect       see below  e g     console dir   one  1  two   deux      colors  true        Node 0 11   Prints object representation with syntax coloring         The REPL  implicitly prints any expression s return value with util inspect   with  syntax coloring  i e   just typing a variable s name and hitting Enter will print an inspected version of its value  e g     o     one  1  two   deux   foo  function           The REPL echoes the object definition with syntax coloring     util inspect   automatically pretty-prints object and array representations  but produces multiline output only when needed    The pretty-printing behavior can be controlled by the compact property in the optional options argument  false uses multi-line output unconditionally  whereas true disables pretty-printing altogether  it can also be set to a number  the default is 3  to control the conditional multi-line behavior     see the docs   By default  output is wrapped at around 60 characters thanks  Shrey   regardless of whether the output is sent to a file or a terminal  In practice  since line breaks only happen at property boundaries  you will often end up with shorter lines  but they can also be longer  e g   with long property values   In v6 3 0  you can use the breakLength option to override the 60-character limit  if you set it to Infinity  everything is output on a single line    If you want more control over pretty-printing  consider using JSON stringify   with a 3rd argument  but note the following    Fails with objects that have circular references  such as module in the global context  Methods  functions  will by design NOT be included  You can t opt into showing hidden  non-enumerable  properties  Example call    JSON stringify   one  1  two   deux   three  true   undefined  2      creates a pretty-printed multiline JSON representation indented with 2 spaces      util inspect   options object  2nd argument    An optional options object may be passed that alters certain aspects of the formatted string  some of the properties supported are   See the latest Node js docs for the current  full list    showHidden   if true   then the object s non-enumerable properties  those designated not to show up when you use for keys in obj or Object keys obj   will be shown too  Defaults to false   depth   tells inspect how many times to recurse while formatting the object  This is useful for inspecting large complicated objects  Defaults to 2  To make it recurse indefinitely  pass null   colors   if true  then the output will be styled with ANSI color codes  Defaults to false  Colors are customizable          see link    customInspect   if false  then custom inspect   functions defined on the objects being inspected won t be called  Defaults to true       util format   format-string placeholders  1st argument   Some of the supported placeholders are   See the latest Node js docs for the current  full list     s     String   d     Number  both integer and float    j     JSON         single percent sign            This does not consume an argument

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A simple trick would be use debug module to add DEBUG DEPTH null as environment variable when running the script  Ex   DEBUG   DEBUG DEPTH null node index js  In you code   const debug   require  debug    debug   O   myObject

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You need to use util inspect     const util   require  util    console log util inspect myObject   showHidden  false  depth  null        alternative shortcut console log util inspect myObject  false  null  true    enable colors        Outputs    a   a    b    c   c   d    e   e   f    g   g   h    i   i              See util inspect   docs

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You can simply add an inspect   method to your object which will override the representation of object in console log messages eg  var myObject         quot a quot   quot a quot       quot b quot           quot c quot   quot c quot          quot d quot              quot e quot   quot e quot             quot f quot                 quot g quot   quot g quot                quot h quot                    quot i quot   quot i quot                                           myObject inspect   function    return JSON stringify  this  null            then  your object will be represented as required in both console log and node shell  Update  object inspect has been deprecated   https   github com nodejs node issues 15549   Use myObject util inspect custom  instead  const util   require  util    var myObject          nested properties not shown       myObject util inspect custom    function    return JSON stringify  this  null  4        console log util inspect myObject

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Easiest option    x000D   x000D      console log   O   myObject   x000D   x000D   x000D

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perhaps console dir is all you need   http   nodejs org api console html console console dir obj     Uses util inspect on obj and prints resulting string to stdout    use util option if you need more control

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Since Node js 6 4 0  this can be elegantly solved with util inspect defaultOptions   require  util   inspect defaultOptions depth   null  console log myObject

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JSON stringify    let myVar    a   b   c  1     console log JSON stringify  myVar  null  4      Great for deep inspection of data objects  This approach works on nested arrays and nested objects with arrays

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The node REPL has a built-in solution for overriding how objects are displayed  see here      The REPL module internally uses util inspect    when printing values    However  util inspect delegates the call to the object s inspect     function  if it has one

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Try this   console dir myObject  depth null

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If you re looking for a way to show the hidden items in you array  you got to pass maxArrayLength  Infinity console log util inspect value    maxArrayLength  Infinity

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I think this could be useful for you    x000D   x000D  const myObject     x000D      a   a   x000D      b    x000D         c   c   x000D         d    x000D            e   e   x000D            f    x000D               g   g   x000D               h    x000D                  i   i  x000D                x000D             x000D          x000D       x000D     x000D   x000D  console log JSON stringify myObject  null    t     x000D   x000D   x000D    As mentioned in this answer      JSON stringify s third parameter defines white-space insertion for   pretty-printing  It can be a string or a number  number of spaces

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A good way to inspect objects is to use node --inspect option with Chrome DevTools for Node    node exe --inspect www js   Open chrome   inspect  devices in chrome and click Open dedicated DevTools for Node  Now every logged object is available in inspector like regular JS running in chrome      There is no need to reopen inspector  it connects to node automatically as soon as node starts or restarts  Both --inspect and Chrome DevTools for Node may not be available in older versions of Node and Chrome

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