inspectable v2.1.1

Inspectable - Make the output of a class instance in the console meaningful

Features

1. Self-Sufficient. The library has zero dependencies (except decorators support).
2. Reliable. The library is written in TypeScript and covered by tests.
3. Modern. The library comes with native ESM support

Installation

Node.js 12.0.0 or newer is required

• Using npm (recommended)

  npm i inspectable

• Using Yarn

  yarn add inspectable

• Using pnpm

  pnpm add inspectable

Example usage

import { inspectable } from 'inspectable';

class APIRequest {
    public method = 'pay';

    private token = 'super-private';
}

const request = new APIRequest();

console.log(request);
// APIRequest { method: 'pay', token: 'super-private' }

inspectable(APIRequest, {
    serialize(instance) {
        return {
            method: instance.method
        };
    }
});

console.log(request);
// APIRequest {
//   method: 'pay'
// }

Decorators

import 'reflect-metadata';
import { Inspectable, Inspect } from 'inspectable';

@Inspectable({/* options */})
class APIRequest {
    @Inspect()
    public method = 'pay';

    private token = 'super-private';

    @Inspect({ nullable: false })
    private signal = null;

    @Inspect({ as: 'firstName' })
    private name = 'john';

    @Inspect({ compute: true })
    public canRequest() {
        return Boolean(this.token);
    }
}

const request = new APIRequest();

console.log(request);
// APIRequest {
//   method: 'pay',
//   firstName: 'john',
//   canRequest: true
// }