JSON.stringify prints object to console, object.property prints undefined

Question

My angular app is giving me a problem where

console.log(JSON.stringify($rootScope.user));

is printing out the user object like expected, but...

When I try

console.log($rootScope.user.objectId)

or

var id = $rootScope.user.objectId;
console.log(id);

I'm getting undefined. What's up with that? userId is definitely one of the properties printed out in the JSON.stringify, so... I'm confused.

{"username":"thinmint","email":"[email protected]","objectId":"FmjGa7POFH",
 "createdAt":"2015-05-28T18:39:08.362Z","updatedAt":"2015-05-28T18:39:08.362Z"}

Thats an example value of $rootScope.user.

can u please show us what u have tried and made the code and whats the purpose of stringify ?. can u please bit clear — Shushanth Pallegar
– Shushanth Pallegar, Commented Jun 24, 2015 at 19:46
the purpose is to retrieve data from a database. this is what I have tried. I do not know what to try. — realisation
– realisation, Commented Jun 24, 2015 at 19:47
Is objectId a property of $rootScope.user? In your post, you say userId is definitely one of the properties, but your code is referencing objectId, not userId. — Andrew Mairose
– Andrew Mairose, Commented Jun 24, 2015 at 19:52
Time to show us real data. We're all just guessing at this point. — Jasen
– Jasen, Commented Jun 24, 2015 at 19:59

Sreejith · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-25 06:17:58Z

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   var json = {
            "username": "thinmint", "email": "[email protected]", "objectId": "FmjGa7POFH",
            "createdAt": "2015-05-28T18:39:08.362Z", "updatedAt": "2015-05-28T18:39:08.362Z"
        };
        var json1 = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(json));
        alert(json1.username);

answered Jun 25, 2015 at 6:17

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