How to check an object is empty using JavaScript?

Last Updated : 30 Apr, 2019

Method 1: Using the Object.keys(object) method: The required object could be passed to the Object.keys(object) method which will return the keys in the object. The length property is used to the result to check the number of keys. If the length property returns 0 keys, it means that the object is empty.

Syntax:

Object.keys(object).length === 0

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
      
<head> 
    <title> 
        How to check an object is  
        empty using JavaScript? 
    </title> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <h1 style="color: green"> 
        GeeksforGeeks 
    </h1> 
      
    <b> 
        How to check an object is 
        empty using JavaScript? 
    </b> 
      
    <p> 
        Click on the button to check 
        if the object is empty 
    </p> 
      
    <p>Output for empty object:  
        <span class="outputEmpty"></span> 
    </p> 
      
    <p>Output for non empty object:  
        <span class="outputNonEmpty"></span> 
    </p> 
  
    <button onclick="checkObject()"> 
        Click here 
    </button> 
      
    <!-- Script to check the object is empty or not -->
    <script type="text/javascript"> 
        function checkObject() { 
              
            let emptyObj = {} 
            let nonEmptyObj = { 
                title: 'Title 1', 
                info: 'Sample Info' 
            } 
  
            ans1 = (Object.keys(emptyObj).length === 0) 
            document.querySelector('.outputEmpty').textContent 
                    = ans1; 
  
            ans2 = (Object.keys(nonEmptyObj).length === 0) 
            document.querySelector('.outputNonEmpty').textContent 
                    = ans2; 
        } 
    </script> 
</body> 
  
</html>                     

Output:

Before clicking the button:
After clicking the button:

Method 2: Looping through the object using object.hasOwnProperty(key): A function is created where the object is looped over and checked if it contains the ‘key’ property using the object.hasOwnProperty() method. This function would return true if it could find no keys in the loop, which means that the object is empty. If any key is encountered, the loop breaks and false is returned. This method also works for older browsers that may not support the first method.

Syntax:

function isEmptyObj(object) {
    for (var key in object) {
        if (object.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
            return false;
        }
    }
}

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
      
<head> 
    <title> 
        How to check an object is 
        empty using JavaScript? 
    </title> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <h1 style="color: green"> 
        GeeksforGeeks 
    </h1> 
      
    <b> 
        How to check an object is 
        empty using JavaScript? 
    </b> 
      
    <p> 
         on the button to check 
         if the object is empty 
    </p> 
      
    <p> 
        Output for empty object:  
        <span class="outputEmpty"></span> 
    </p> 
      
    <p> 
        Output for non empty object:  
        <span class="outputNonEmpty"></span> 
    </p> 
   
    <button onclick="checkObject()"> 
        Click here 
    </button> 
      
    <script type="text/javascript"> 
   
        function checkObject() { 
            let emptyObj = {} 
            let nonEmptyObj = { 
                title: 'Title 1', 
                info: 'Sample Info' 
            } 
   
            ans1 = isEmptyObj(emptyObj); 
            document.querySelector('.outputEmpty').textContent 
                    = ans1; 
   
            ans2 = isEmptyObj(nonEmptyObj); 
            document.querySelector('.outputNonEmpty').textContent 
                    = ans2; 
        } 
   
        function isEmptyObj(object) { 
            for (var key in object) { 
                if (object.hasOwnProperty(key)) { 
                    return false; 
                } 
            } 
   
            return true; 
        } 
    </script> 
</body> 
  
</html> 