How to Check If Object is Empty in JavaScript

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You can create a JavaScript object with an object literal({ }). The values in objects are written as name: value pairs (name and value separated by a colon).

JavaScript check if object is empty

To check if the Object is empty in JavaScript, use the Object.keys() method with an additional constructor. The Object.keys() is a built-in JavaScript function that returns an array of a given object’s own enumerable property names.

const objct = {};

if (Object.keys(objct).length === 0 && objct.constructor === Object) {
 console.log("The Object is empty")
}
else {
 console.log("The Object is not empty")
}

Output

The Object is empty

Let’s add something to the object and see the output.

const objct = { name: "Pegasus" };

if (Object.keys(objct).length === 0 && objct.constructor === Object) {
 console.log("The Object is empty")
}
else {
 console.log("The Object is not empty")
}

Output

The Object is not empty

That’s it. We have successfully checked if the Object is empty or not.

For ES3 and older, there’s no easy way to do this. You’ll have to loop over the properties explicitly.

function isEmpty(obj) {
   for(var prop in obj) {
     if(obj.hasOwnProperty(prop))
     return false
   }
  return true
}

const objct = {}
if (isEmpty(objct)) {
 console.log("The Object is empty")
}
else {
 console.log("The object is not empty")
}

Output

The Object is empty

The object is empty, so it returns true. Otherwise, it returns false.

That’s it for this tutorial.

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