Error: [object Object] on Javascript

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I keep getting an error when I run the javascript below in Firebug. I've tried changing multiple things and it still outputs the error. I am working with an api to retrieve information from the XML and then output it onto the screen but I keep getting an object error. Can someone see why?? Any help is appreciated!

$(document).ready(function() {

    $('#searchbtn').bind('click' || 'enter',function(e) {
        if ($.trim($('#searchBox').val()) !== '') {
            $('#videos').append('<img src="img/loading.gif" alt="loading" class="loading" />');
            getVideos(e);
        }
    });
});

function getVideos(e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    var text = 'text='+$('#searchBox').val();
    $.ajax({
        url: 'getVideos.php',
        dataType: 'xml',
        type: 'POST',
        data: text,
        success: function(data) {                               
            $('#videos').append("<h1>The following events match your search!</h1>");

            var xmlString = data;

            if ($(xmlString).find('feed').children('entry').length == 0) {
                $('#videos').append('<p class="noResults">Sorry, no results for you! Try searching again!</p>');
            } else {
                var videoTitle = [];

                $(xmlString).find('title').each(function() 
                { 
                videoTitle.push($(this).text()) });

                $('#videos').append('<ul>');

                $(xmlString).find('entry').each(function(i) {
                    if (i == '40') {
                        return(false);
                    }
                    var vidInfo = '';
                    vidInfo += "<p>"+videoTitle[i]+"</p>";
                    $('#videos ul').append('<li>'+vidInfo+'</li>');
                });
            }
        },
        error: function(data) {
                console.log('Error: ' + data);
        }

    })
};

As Chuck replied, you are adding a string Error: to your data object. — Jashwant
– Jashwant, Commented Apr 14, 2012 at 18:57

Chuck · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-14 18:51:40Z

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When you append an object to a string, it gets its toString method called, which for a plain object just gives the infamous "[object Object]". To log an object, you should just pass it straight into the console.log function as an argument, like so:

console.log('Error:', data);

answered Apr 14, 2012 at 18:51

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Chuck Over a year ago

@LE12: You should replace the line that reads console.log('Error: ' + data); with that code, yes.

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