How to convert object into string

Question

So I was using getElementById method and consoled it when I'm consoling with string it just displays string object like this [Object] i want to display it as Object

var element = document.getElementById('input');
console.log("the view element "+ element );

Answer 1

console.dir is your friend.

var el = document.querySelector('div');
console.dir(el);

<div>Stuff</div>

Answer 2

you can try

console.log ('text', element)

Answer 3

console.log(element);

//Now you can explode the object