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dump

dump(value) formats any Lua value into a readable string. Handles nested tables, quotes strings, and marks circular references as <cycle> instead of recursing forever.

Signature

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dump(value)
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Parameters

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Param Type Description
value any The Lua value to format

Returns

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Value Type Description
formatted string Human-readable representation of the value

Example

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function after_fetch(fetch_result, ctx)
    -- deep_copy to avoid mutating the original fetch_result
    local result = deep_copy(fetch_result)


    if result.response then
        -- strip the response body so dump doesn't flood the log with HTML
        result.response.body = "-- stripped --"
    end
    print(dump(result)) -- logs to terminal
    log(dump(result)) -- logs to hooks.log file
    return fetch_result
end

See Also

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