Javascript / Chrome - How to copy an object from the webkit inspector as code

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  1. Right-click an object in Chrome's console and select Store as Global Variable from the context menu. It will return something like temp1 as the variable name.

  2. Chrome also has a copy() method, so copy(temp1) in the console should copy that object to your clipboard.

Copy Javascript Object in Chrome DevTools

Note on Recursive Objects: If you're trying to copy a recursive object, you will get [object Object]. The way out is to copy(JSON.stringify(temp1)) , the object will be fully copied to your clipboard as a valid JSON, so you'd be able to format it as you wish, using one of many resources.

~ Answered on 2014-08-05 13:54:16


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