EN toString returns [object Object]

[Pheeko]

Hey,
Can someone tell me why toString() helper function returns [object Object] instead of a string representation of an object?
Here's the code:
engine.log(ev.toString());
I also tried:
engine.log(toString(ev));

var helpers = require('helpers');
engine.log(helpers.toString());

However helpers.toString() returns empty string.

Thanks in advance.

 

[mxschmitt]

What are you trying to do?

 

[Pheeko]

I'm trying to convert event to json when it's getting triggered then send it to webserver.
Here's the code:

config.events.forEach(function (e){
      if(e.active){
        event.on(translateEvent(e.event_name), function(ev){
          if (ev.client.isSelf()) {
              return;
          }
          engine.log(ev.toString());
          var params = "data="+helpers.toString(ev);
          sinusbot.http({
          method:     'POST',
          url:        e.url,
          timeout:    6000,
          headers:    {
              "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
          },
          body: params
      }, function(error, response) {
          engine.log(response);
      });
        });
      }
    });

 

[irgendwr]

engine.log(helpers.toString());
However helpers.toString() returns empty string.

Yes, the string representation of nothing is an empty string, what else do you expect?

I'm trying to convert event to json

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/JSON/stringify

 

[r3flex]

well you cant stringify object, you have do make iteration through set of objects or access one by its name and then parameters.
You could also convert an object to array.

 

[Pheeko]

I tried stringify but it doesn't return client and channel object intead i get this: {"channel":{},"client":{},"mode":1,"text":"msg"}

 

[irgendwr]

well you cant stringify object, you have do make iteration through set of objects or access one by its name and then parameters.
You could also convert an object to array.

Nope, you can stringify an object, some classes don't work though.

 

[mxschmitt]

I tried stringify but it doesn't return client and channel object intead i get this: {"channel":{},"client":{},"mode":1,"text":"msg"}

That's normal, because client is a "class" with methods in it which returns the data. What data of the event do you need exactly?

 

[Pheeko]

All would be perfect.

 

[Pheeko]

Also when I engine.log(ev) it displays all the fields in the console. So why is it not possible to stringify this?

 

[irgendwr]

Also when I engine.log(ev) it displays all the fields in the console. So why is it not possible to stringify this?

Because javascript works like that and engine.log is not handled by javascript.

 

[Pheeko]

Ok, last question. Do all events return client and channel classes or it varies?

 

[irgendwr]

Ok, last question. Do all events return client and channel classes or it varies?

https://sinusbot.github.io/scripting-docs/#event

 

[Pheeko]

Thanks for your time and keep doing great work