How do you log content of a JSON object in Node js

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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    gt  Session  object Object    Maybe in a similar way to print r array  in PHP  or using  toString in Java

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This will work with any object       var util   require  util        console log util inspect myObject   showHidden  false  depth  null

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Try this one   console log  Session   j   session     If the object could be converted into JSON  that will work

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This will for most of the objects for outputting in nodejs console   x000D   x000D  var util   require  util   x000D  function print  data   x000D    console log util inspect data true 12 true   x000D     x000D    x000D   x000D  print  name    Your name   age    Your age    x000D   x000D   x000D

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console dir   is the most direct way

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function prettyJSON obj        console log JSON stringify obj  null  2          obj - gt  value to convert to a JSON string    null - gt   do nothing     2 - gt  2 spaces per indent level   JSON stringify on MDN

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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

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console log obj     Run  node app js   output txt

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