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Melab
Melab

Reputation: 2822

Save / export Chrome's JavaScript console input history

Is there anyway that I can save or export the history of JavaScript console input (console history) in Google Chrome? I'm not looking to save the output or the errors, so hovering my mouse over the console box, right-clicking, and selecting Save as... is not the solution. I don't want to have to scroll up with the arrow keys and copy-and-paste the contents each time.

Upvotes: 18

Views: 7414

Answers (2)

hrdom
hrdom

Reputation: 168

consoleHistory in localStorage keeps only the most recent 300 records, and older records appear to have been deleted.

Upvotes: 0

Salman Arshad
Salman Arshad

Reputation: 272106

I figured out a weird solution that seems to work:

  • Open Chrome Developer Tools (press CTRL + SHIFT + J)

  • If the developer tools window is docked, undock into a separate window (open the ⋮ menu to choose docking option)

  • Inside the developer tools window, press CTRL + SHIFT + J which will open a developer tools window for the developer tools window!

  • Inside the second developer tools window, enter the following command inside console:
    localStorage.getItem("consoleHistory")

This should print the console history, encoded as JSON inside the console. You can decode the JSON into an array using this command:

JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("consoleHistory"))

Or copy the JSON to clipboard using:

copy(localStorage.getItem("consoleHistory"))

Upvotes: 54

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