Javascript / Chrome - How to copy an object from the webkit inspector as code
google-chrome, javascript, object, webkit
Solution
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.
Chrome also has a `copy()` method, so `copy(temp1)` in the console should copy that object to your clipboard.
Note on Recursive Objects: If you're trying to copy a recursive object, you will get `[object Object]`. The way out is to try `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.
If you get the `Uncaught TypeError: Converting circular structure to JSON` message, you can use `JSON.stringify`'s second argument (which is a filter function) to filter out the offending circular properties. See this Stack Overflow answer for more details.
Problem
I am doing a console.log statement in my javascript in order to log a javascript object. I'm wondering if there's a way, once that's done - to copy that object as javascript code. What I'm trying to do is convert an object that was created using ajax to parse an xml feed into a static javascript object so that a file can run locally, without a server. I've included a screenshot of the object in the chrome inspector window so you can see what I'm trying to do.