Why JSON.stringify() returns empty result for some objects

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This question is so basic, yet I have no idea of the answer.

Why screen object when stringified returns empty?

Does this mean JSON.stringify() needs read/write access to the input?

let a = {foo: 'one', bar: 2};


console.log(JSON.stringify(a));
console.log(JSON.stringify(screen));

@Variable developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/screen . If it was never declared you'd get an error about it being undefined. — ADyson
– ADyson, Commented Jul 27, 2018 at 11:10
@ADyson Thanks, didn't knew about this, learned something new :D. 👍 — node_modules
– node_modules, Commented Jul 27, 2018 at 11:17
@user202729 I think the answer here is better than the one in the duplicate. I'll change the tittle so that it's more general. — Lemures
– Lemures, Commented Jul 27, 2018 at 11:29

Skeets · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-17 05:42:56Z

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For all the other Object instances (including Map, Set, WeakMap and WeakSet), only their enumerable properties will be serialized.

Read https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/JSON/stringify

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/propertyIsEnumerable

    console.log((window.screen));
    console.log(JSON.stringify(window.screen));
    console.log(window.propertyIsEnumerable(screen));

edited Oct 17, 2018 at 5:42

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answered Jul 27, 2018 at 11:25

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user202729 Over a year ago

Actually, most of the (popular) answers on this site are just a docs-quote. That is a proper answer (as long as you quote important parts and not just a link)

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