[json] How do you log content of a JSON object in Node.js?

Is it possible to print an objects contents e.g. methods and attributes in Node.js?

At the moment I'm trying to print the session object and get the following:

console.log("Session:" + session);
> Session:[object Object]

Maybe in a similar way to print_r(array) in PHP, or using .toString in Java.

To have an output more similar to the raw console.log(obj) I usually do use console.log('Status: ' + util.inspect(obj)) (JSON is slightly different).

This will for most of the objects for outputting in nodejs console

var util = require('util')_x000D_
function print (data){_x000D_
  console.log(util.inspect(data,true,12,true))_x000D_
  _x000D_
}_x000D_
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print({name : "Your name" ,age : "Your age"})

console.dir() is the most direct way.

console.log(obj);

Run: node app.js > output.txt

function prettyJSON(obj) {
    console.log(JSON.stringify(obj, null, 2));
}

// obj -> value to convert to a JSON string
// null -> (do nothing)
// 2 -> 2 spaces per indent level

JSON.stringify on MDN

This will work with any object:

    var util = require("util");
    console.log(util.inspect(myObject, {showHidden: false, depth: null}));