# es-abstract-get

> ECMAScript Abstract Operations for "getting properties" (Get, GetV, GetMethod)

Latest version **1.0.0** (published 2026-06-16) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install es-abstract-get
pnpm add es-abstract-get
yarn add es-abstract-get
bun add es-abstract-get
```

## Health

**Score 55/100 (C)** — status: active.

Positive: esm support; no vulnerabilities; recently updated.

Warnings: low downloads; no types.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.0 |
| Published | 2026-06-16 |
| First published | 2026-06-16 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS |
| Node | >= 0.4 |
| Dependencies | 4 |
| Unpacked size | 15.6 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 0 |
| Author | Jordan Harband |
| Maintainers | ljharb |
| Keywords | ECMAScript, ES, AO, abstract operation, GetMethod, GetV, Get, isPropertyKey, property, properties |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/es-abstract-get
- Repository: https://github.com/ljharb/es-abstract-get
- Homepage: https://github.com/ljharb/es-abstract-get#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/ljharb/es-abstract-get/issues
- Funding: https://github.com/sponsors/ljharb
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/es-abstract-get

## Dependencies (4)

- [es-errors](https://npm.io/package/es-errors.md) ^1.3.0
- [is-callable](https://npm.io/package/is-callable.md) ^1.2.7
- [object-inspect](https://npm.io/package/object-inspect.md) ^1.13.4
- [es-object-atoms](https://npm.io/package/es-object-atoms.md) ^1.1.2

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## Recent versions

- 1.0.0 (latest) — 2026-06-16

## README

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The ECMAScript “getting properties” abstract operations — [`Get`][Get], [`GetV`][GetV], and [`GetMethod`][GetMethod] — plus the [`isPropertyKey`][isPropertyKey] helper they share, with TypeScript types.

## Motivation

These operations are also available in [`es-abstract`][es-abstract],
but `es-abstract` ships every abstract operation for every spec edition,
so depending on it to use one or two of them pulls in a very large dependency graph.
These three operations (and `isPropertyKey`) historically never differ between spec editions,
so they’re split out here:
a package that only needs `Get`, `GetV`, `GetMethod`, or `isPropertyKey` can depend on this instead and get a far smaller install.

Each operation is its own entry point - there is intentionally no main (`.`) export - so you only pay for what you import.

## Example

```js
var Get = require('es-abstract-get/Get');
var GetV = require('es-abstract-get/GetV');
var GetMethod = require('es-abstract-get/GetMethod');
var isPropertyKey = require('es-abstract-get/isPropertyKey');
var assert = require('assert');

// Get(O, P): O must be an Object
assert.equal(Get({ a: 1 }, 'a'), 1);

// GetV(V, P): V may be a primitive (it is coerced to an object for the lookup,
// but the original value is the receiver)
assert.equal(GetV('abc', 'length'), 3);

// GetMethod(O, P): returns undefined for null/undefined, throws if not callable
assert.equal(GetMethod({}, 'toString'), Object.prototype.toString);
assert.equal(GetMethod({ a: null }, 'a'), undefined);

// isPropertyKey(argument): true for strings and symbols
assert.equal(isPropertyKey('a'), true);
assert.equal(isPropertyKey(Symbol.iterator), true);
assert.equal(isPropertyKey(1), false);
```

## Tests
Simply clone the repo, `npm install`, and run `npm test`

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[es-abstract]: https://npmjs.org/package/es-abstract
[Get]: https://tc39.es/ecma262/#sec-get-o-p
[GetV]: https://tc39.es/ecma262/#sec-getv
[GetMethod]: https://tc39.es/ecma262/#sec-getmethod
[isPropertyKey]: https://tc39.es/ecma262/#sec-ispropertykey

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