Receiving object as string

Question

I need to access to some props within an object, but I am getting an object as a string, this object comes from LocalStorage, what should I do to access to that props in that object ?

lobby: "[object Object]" there is the object

How are you currently trying to access it? Some code would be nice. — Ivan, Dec 07 '15 at 17:30
If you're just getting `"[object Object]"`, then the actual object was incorrectly serialized and it's gone forever. — Pointy, Dec 07 '15 at 17:31
How is the object being *saved* to LocalStorage? If `"[object Object]"` is all that's being stored, you're out of luck. — Paul Roub, Dec 07 '15 at 17:31
Try with `JSON.stringify(object);` if you need the object as string — michelem, Dec 07 '15 at 17:31
here is how I am doing it `localStorage.setItem('apogeLiveLobbyData', tokenData.lobbyData);` the I getting it like this `lobby : localStorage.getItem('apogeLiveLobbyData'),` so, when I do `console.log(this.props)` , this comes up `lobby: "[object Object]"` @PaulRoub — StillDead, Dec 07 '15 at 17:33
@Michelem no, the object comes like this `lobby: "[object Object]"` so I don't need a string, I need the object by itself — StillDead, Dec 07 '15 at 17:34

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 07 '15 at 17:36

localStorage stores strings. If you try to save an object, it will first call toString(), resulting in "[object Object]".

You're better off saving it as JSON:

localStorage.setItem( 'apogeLiveLobbyData', JSON.stringify(tokenData.lobbyData));

and retrieving it that way, too

lobby : JSON.parse( localStorage.getItem('apogeLiveLobbyData') )

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 07 '15 at 17:36

You can not store an object into local storage since it holds strings. So you need to make it a string to store and than parse it to get it back to an object.

JSON.stringify()

localStorage.setItem('apogeLiveLobbyData', JSON.stringify(tokenData.lobbyData));

JSON.parse()

var data = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('apogeLiveLobbyData'));

Receiving object as string

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