JavaScript Object getOwnPropertyDescriptor() Method

Last Updated : 26 May, 2023

The Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor() method in JavaScript is a standard built-in object that enables the full information on a property to be accessed and returns a property descriptor for the own property of a given object.

Syntax:

Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor( obj, prop )

Parameters: This method accepts two parameters as mentioned above and described below:

obj: This parameter holds the object in which the property is to be looked.
prop: This parameter holds the name or Symbol of the property whose description is to be retrieved.

Return value: This method returns a property descriptor of the given property or undefined depending upon the existence of the object.

Below examples illustrate the Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor() method in JavaScript:

Example 1: In this example, we will check if an object contains some property or not using the Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor() method in JavaScript.

javascript

const geeks1 = { 
    prop1: "GeeksforGeeks"
} 
const geeks2 = { 
    prop2: "Best Platform"
} 
const geeks3 = { 
    prop3: "And Computer science portal"
} 
const descriptor1 = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(geeks1, 'prop1'); 
const descriptor2 = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(geeks2, 'prop2'); 
const descriptor3 = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(geeks3, 'prop3'); 
console.log(descriptor1.enumerable); 
console.log(descriptor2.enumerable); 
console.log(descriptor1.value); 
console.log(descriptor2.value); 
console.log(descriptor3.enumerable); 
console.log(descriptor3.value);

Output:

true
true
"GeeksforGeeks"
"Best Platform"
true
"And Computer science portal"

Example 2: In this example, we will check if an object contains some property or not using the Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor() method in JavaScript.

javascript

let geek, result; 
geek = { get foo() { return 17; } }; 
d = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(geek, 'foo'); 
console.log(d) 
  
geek = { bar: 42 }; 
d = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(geek, 'bar'); 
console.log(d) 
  
geek = { [Symbol.for('baz')]: 73 } 
d = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(geek, Symbol.for('baz')); 
console.log(d) 
  
geek = {}; 
Object.defineProperty(geek, 'qux', { 
    value: 8675309, 
    writable: false, 
    enumerable: false
}); 
d = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(geek, 'qux'); 
console.log(d)

Output:

Object { get: get foo() { return 17; }, set: undefined, enumerable: true, configurable: true }
Object { value: 42, writable: true, enumerable: true, configurable: true }
Object { value: 73, writable: true, enumerable: true, configurable: true }
Object { value: 8675309, writable: false, enumerable: false, configurable: false }

We have a complete list of Javascript Object methods, to check those please go through this JavaScript Object Complete Reference article.

Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor() method are listed below:

Google Chrome 5.0 and above
Internet Explorer 9.0 and above
Mozilla 4.0 and above
Opera 12 and above
Safari 5.0 and above

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