Where is the console API for WebKit / Safari?

Question

WebKit / Safari supports a console object that is similar to Firebug. But what exactly is supported? There is documentation for Firebug , but where can I find console documentation for Safari / WebKit?

Answer 1

Supported methods initially:

• console.log()
• console.error()
• console.warn()
• console.info()

Newer versions of WebKit also add the following methods that make the WebKit console API almost identical to the Firebug API :

• console.count()
• console.debug()
• console.profileEnd()
• console.trace()
• console.dir()
• console.dirxml()
• console.assert()
• console.time()
• console.profile()
• console.timeEnd()
• console.group()
• console.groupEnd()

(New information based on the nightly build of WebKit, WebKit-SVN-r37126, is not available in Safari at the time of writing)

Answer 2

The console API has been documented by Apple in the Console section of the Safari Developer's Guide.

Answer 3

I know this is an old and answered question, but you can also just open the console and type console.__proto__ , and you will get an extensible list of everything that it supports.

Answer 4

Firebug Console API documentation moved here:

http://getfirebug.com/wiki/index.php/Console_API

Answer 5

Try the following:

 console.dir(console) 

Answer 6

The Console object has a built-in "API", in the form of a "private property", which you can discover by doing this in the javascript Webkit console

 > for(o in console) console.dir(o) _commandLineAPI log warn … 

_commandLineAPI:

 > console.dir(_commandLineAPI) CommandLineAPI $0: "—" $1: "—" $2: "—" $3: "—" $4: "—" $$: bound: function () { $x: bound: function (xpath, context) { clear: bound: function () { copy: bound: function (object) { dir: bound: function () { dirxml: bound: function () { inspect: bound: function (object) { keys: bound: function (object) { monitorEvents: bound: function (object, types) { profile: bound: function () { profileEnd: bound: function () { unmonitorEvents: bound: function (object, types) { values: bound: function (object) { __proto__: CommandLineAPI