These printens look so tasty, and quite similar to a package called stringify-object, which I love.

Why

• Printed plain objects should be easy readable by humans
• Printed plain objects should be easy readable by robots

Install

$ npm install printen

Usage

Running

const printen = require('printen')
const exampleData = {
	title: "Printen Examples",
	stars: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
	cons: undefined,
	pros: [
		'They are gross',
		'They are tasty'
	],
	cons: [],
	attributes: {
		color: 'brown',
		jellyBeans: 4
	}
}

console.log(printen(exampleData))

prints

Unnecessary clutter is hidden from the output, as the prefixes for subsequent attributes. But since it is hidden you can still access it via grep:

$ node printen-example.js | grep pros                   
pros.0:	They are gross
pros.1:	They are tasty

The key-value separator is in fact a colon and a tab-character therefore you can use cut to access the value:

$ node printen-example.js | grep pros | cut -f 2
They are gross
They are tasty

API

printen(object, prefix)

|Parameter|Type|Necessity|Description| |---|---|---|---| |object|PlainObject|mandatory|Plain object to be stringified by printen| |prefix|String|optional|Prefix to be used before each line, use this f.e. to indent the output|

License

MIT © Florian Breisch