JS - getOwnPropertyNames method

Category : object

The Object.getOwnPropertyNames() static method returns an array of all properties (including non-enumerable properties except for those which use Symbol) found directly in a given object.

Syntax :

Object.getOwnPropertyNames(obj)

Parameters:

obj : required. The object whose enumerable and non-enumerable properties are to be returned.

Examples:

const object1 = { a: 1, b: 2, c: 3 }; console.log(Object.getOwnPropertyNames(object1)); // Expected output: Array ["a", "b", "c"]

Practical examples

example: using Object.getOwnPropertyNames() method

code:

                    <div>
                        <p id="name-1"></p>
                        <p id="name-2"></p>
                        <p id="name-3"></p>
                        <p id="name-4"></p>
                    </div>
                    <script>
                        const arr = ["a", "b", "c"];
                        console.log(Object.getOwnPropertyNames(arr).sort());
                        // ["0", "1", "2", "length"]
                        document.getElementById("name-1").innerHTML = "property names : " + JSON.stringify(Object.getOwnPropertyNames(arr).sort());
                        
                        // Array-like object
                        const obj = { 0: "a", 1: "b", 2: "c" };
                        console.log(Object.getOwnPropertyNames(obj).sort());
                        // ["0", "1", "2"]
                        document.getElementById("name-2").innerHTML = "property names : " + JSON.stringify(Object.getOwnPropertyNames(obj).sort());
                        
                        Object.getOwnPropertyNames(obj).forEach((val, idx, array) => {
                            console.log(`${val} -> ${obj[val]}`);
                            document.getElementById("name-3").innerHTML += "property names : " + `${val} -> ${obj[val]}` + "<br>";    
                        });
                        // 0 -> a
                        // 1 -> b
                        // 2 -> c
                        // non-enumerable property
                        const myObj = Object.create(
                        {},
                        {
                            getFoo: {
                            value() {
                                return this.foo;
                            },
                            enumerable: false,
                            },
                        },
                        );
                        myObj.foo = 1;
                        console.log(Object.getOwnPropertyNames(myObj).sort()); // ["foo", "getFoo"]
                        document.getElementById("name-4").innerHTML = "property names : " + Object.getOwnPropertyNames(myObj).sort();
                    </script>

example: check if an object contains some properties or not.

code:

                    <div>
                        <p id="name-5"></p>
                        <p id="name-6"></p>
                        <p id="name-7"></p>
                    </div>
                    <script>
                        const nfn = {
                            val1: "ninja1",
                            val2: "ninja2",
                            val3: "ninja3",
                            val4: "ninja4"
                        };
                        console.log(Object.getOwnPropertyNames(nfn));
                        document.getElementById("name-5").innerHTML = "property names : " + JSON.stringify(Object.getOwnPropertyNames(nfn));
                        let nfn2 = { val1: 'ninja1', val2: 'ninja2', val3: 'ninja3' };
                        console.log(Object.getOwnPropertyNames(nfn2).sort());
                        document.getElementById("name-6").innerHTML = "property names : " + JSON.stringify(Object.getOwnPropertyNames(nfn2).sort());
                        Object.getOwnPropertyNames(nfn2).
                            forEach(function (val, idx, array) {
                                console.log(val + ': ' + nfn2[val]);
                                document.getElementById("name-7").innerHTML += val + " : " + nfn2[val] +"<br>";
                        
                            });
                    </script>