How to save the output of a console.log(object) to a file?

Update: You can now just right click

Right click > Save as in the Console panel to save the logged messages to a file.

Original Answer:

You can use this devtools snippet shown below to create a console.save method. It creates a FileBlob from the input, and then automatically downloads it.

(function(console){

console.save = function(data, filename){

    if(!data) {
        console.error('Console.save: No data')
        return;
    }

    if(!filename) filename = 'console.json'

    if(typeof data === "object"){
        data = JSON.stringify(data, undefined, 4)
    }

    var blob = new Blob([data], {type: 'text/json'}),
        e    = document.createEvent('MouseEvents'),
        a    = document.createElement('a')

    a.download = filename
    a.href = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob)
    a.dataset.downloadurl =  ['text/json', a.download, a.href].join(':')
    e.initMouseEvent('click', true, false, window, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, false, false, false, false, 0, null)
    a.dispatchEvent(e)
 }
})(console)

Source: http://bgrins.github.io/devtools-snippets/#console-save


UPDATE (06/2021):

Google added a menu action to copy objects. Right click on the object and then click Copy object

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OLD ANSWER:

In case you have an object logged:

  • Right click on the object in console and click Store as a global variable
  • the output will be something like temp1
  • type in console copy(temp1)
  • paste to your favorite text editor