Code alerting 'object Object'

Question

My code is this:

var username = "john";
var password = "doe";

var url = '//api.bos2.cf/?type=verify&username=' + username + '&password=' + 
password + '&callback=?';
$.getJSON(url, function(data) {
  success: readData(data)
});

function readData(data) {
  alert(data);
}

Although this code alerts object Object instead of {'success' : false, 'msg' : 'Unknown API function'}

Any Ideas as to why this is happening??

Thanks,

CSF

Because `alert()` wont show you the details. Use `console.log()` instead — Weedoze, Apr 21 '17 at 07:00
You can't alert actual object...... Insted try alert(data.firstname) — Kiran Shinde, Apr 21 '17 at 07:00
Possible duplicate of [How can I view an object with an alert()](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5753931/how-can-i-view-an-object-with-an-alert) — Suraj Rao, Apr 21 '17 at 07:00

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 21 '17 at 07:00

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You are trying to display the raw object. You need to turn it into a string first:

function readData(data) {
  alert(JSON.stringify(data));
}

answered Apr 21 '17 at 07:00

Imanuel

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Thanks! Is there anyway to retrieve the value of "success" that you know of? – csf30816 Apr 21 '17 at 07:06
If it is part of the object `data`, it is part of the alert text. If you only want to access the field `success`, use `data.success`. Beware that this is a `boolean`, not a `string`. – Imanuel Apr 21 '17 at 07:11
OK thanks. I am aware, I just might need that in the future. – csf30816 Apr 21 '17 at 07:13

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 21 '17 at 13:32

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function readData(data) {
  alert(data.success);
  alert(data.msg);
}

just go through simple way.

answered Apr 21 '17 at 13:32

Ahmed Ginani

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Thanks for your answer – csf30816 Apr 21 '17 at 18:35

Code alerting 'object Object'

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