print-object

Pretty-print an object's keys and values to a string or HTML.

Supports the printing of embedded objects and arrays.

Installation

$ npm install --save print-object

Usage

Print to plain-text

var printObject = require('print-object');
 
var myObj = { "one": 1, "two": 2, "three": 3, "four": {a:1, b:2}, five: ["six", "seven"]  };
 
printObject(myObj);

Output:

one: 1
two: 2
three: 3
four: 
    a: 1
    b: 2
five: six,seven

Print to HTML

var printObject = require('print-object');
 
var myObj = { "one": 1, "two": 2, "three": 3, "four": {a:1, b:2}, five: ["six", "seven"]  };
 
printObject(myObj, {html:true});

Output (Formatting added for readability):

<table>
  <tr>
    <td>one</td>
    <td>1</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>two</td>
    <td>2</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>three</td>
    <td>3</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>four</td>
    <td>a: 1<br>b: 2<br></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>five</td>
    <td>six,seven</td>
  </tr>
</table>

API

printObject(object, [options])

object

• Type: object
• The object you want to print
• required

options

• Type: object
• Pass options to the print function

html

• Type: Boolean
• Prints to HTML
• default: false

attr

• Type: String
• The attribute string you want to assign to the html
• Use this to pass your own id, class, style, data-, etc.

class

• Type: String
• Shortcut for adding your own class name to the top-level HTML element

License

MIT @ Michael Wuergler