ixInspect

ixInspect is a library designed for seamless object inspection in constrained enviornments, such as browsers or V8 isolates, offering similar functionality to Node.js's util.inspect but without relying on Node.js internals.

Installation

You can install ixInspect via npm:

npm install ix-inspect

Usage

Basic Usage

import inspect from 'ix-inspect';

const obj = { a: 1, b: 2, c: 3 };
const result = inspect(obj);
console.log(result);
/* Output:
{
  a: 1,
  b: 2,
  c: 3
}
*/

Available Options

• depth (Type: number): Maximum depth for inspection (Default: 5)
• color (Type: boolean): Enable color highlighting (Default: true)
• breakLength (Type: number): Maximum line length before breaking (Default: 80)
• indentation (Type: string | number): Indentation string or number of spaces (Default: 2)
• showHidden (Type: boolean): Show non-enumerable properties (Default: false)

Advanced Example

import inspect from 'ix-inspect';

const complexObj = {
    a: 1,
    b: 'hello',
    c: [1, 2, 3],
    d: { x: 10, y: 20, nested: { deep: 1 } },
    e: () => console.log('Function'),
};
const result = inspect(complexObj, {
    depth: 2,
    color: true,
    breakLength: 60,
    indentation: 4,
    showHidden: false
});
console.log(result);
/* Output:
{
    a: 1,
    b: 'hello',
    c: [ 1, 2, 3 ],
    d: { x: 10, y: 20, nested: [object Object] },
    e: [Function: e]
}
*/

Why?

I needed a way to log/inspect values from inside a V8 isolate - I can not pass values to the outside world, and I can not use Node.js's util.inspect because it relies on Node.js internals.

The advantage of this library is more customizable output, while staying almost entirely compatible with anything that util.inspect can handle.

Contributing

Feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.

License

This package is distributed under the ISC License.

This README partially written by GPT 3.5