Convert Object to string in firefox

Question

I want to convert Geo Location Position Object into String so i can store it into localStorage for later use.

For now i did below methods

$.toJSON(position)
JSON.stringify(position) // position is the object which return from Geo Location Success callback
jQuery.stringify(position)

By using all above of these i can't get String in Firefox

Also checked this one but it didn't help as such

FireFox Console Result

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Chrome Console Result

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Demo link using jQuery.stringify(position)

yes it contains timestamps and co-ordinates of current position @Cerbrus — Blu, Feb 19 '14 at 10:36
And you tried `localStorage.setItem('position', JSON.stringify(position));`? — Cerbrus, Feb 19 '14 at 10:37
Yes In chrome it store while in firefox its store only `{}` this — Blu, Feb 19 '14 at 10:38
So, it's an empty object. I suspect the geolocation api on your FF doesn't have access to the data... — Cerbrus, Feb 19 '14 at 10:39
i checked through `for(key in position)...` it shows data but every plugin that i use to comvert into string it gives me empty string like `{}` — Blu, Feb 19 '14 at 10:40
And `console.log(position)` logs a normal geolocation object? — Cerbrus, Feb 19 '14 at 10:42
@Cerbrus i update question with console output image and `jsFiddle` demo — Blu, Feb 19 '14 at 10:49
I'm pretty stumped. I've got no clue why the properties aren't passed... Can you try `.stringify(position.timestamp)`? — Cerbrus, Feb 19 '14 at 11:01
`.stringify(position.timestamp)` it showed just time stamp in console. — Blu, Feb 19 '14 at 11:13
Hm, what if you create a temporary object, copy the properties from the location object to the temp one, then stringify the temp one? — Cerbrus, Feb 19 '14 at 11:15

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 19 '14 at 11:35

This post explains why this is happening in FF but not in Chrome.

As a workaround you could do:

navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(function(position) {
    var myPosition={timestamp: position.timestamp,
                    latitude:position.coords.latitude,
                    longitude:position.coords.longitude,
                    altitude:position.coords.altitude,
                    ...
                    }
    localStorage.position=JSON.stringify(myPosition);

});

Convert Object to string in firefox

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