print

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• The print function outputs arguments to the console.

• In JavaScript, print directly outputs Earth Engine objects.

• In Python, use Python's built-in print and call getInfo() on Earth Engine objects to retrieve them from the server.

Prints the arguments to the console.

Usage	Returns
print(var_args)

Argument	Type	Details
var_args	VarArgs<Object>	The objects to print.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

print(1);  // 1
print(ee.Number(1));  // 1
print(ee.Array([1]));  // [1]

print(ee.ImageCollection('AAFC/ACI').size());  // 10
print(ee.Image('AAFC/ACI/2009'));  // Image AAFC/ACI/2009 (1 band)

print(ee.FeatureCollection("NOAA/NHC/HURDAT2/pacific").size());  // 28547

Python setup

See the Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using geemap for interactive development.

import ee
import geemap.core as geemap

Colab (Python)

"""There is no dedicated print function for the Earth Engine Python API.
To print Earth Engine objects, use Python's built-in `print` function.
Printing an Earth Engine object in Python prints the serialized request for the
object, not the object itself, so you must call `getInfo()` on Earth Engine
objects to get the desired object from the server to the client. For example,
`print(ee.Number(1).getInfo())`. Note that `getInfo()` is a synchronous
operation. Alternatively, the eerepr library provides rich Earth Engine object
representation; it is included in the geemap library.
"""

print(1)  # 1
print(ee.Number(1).getInfo())  # 1
print(ee.Array([1]).getInfo())  # [1]

print(ee.ImageCollection('AAFC/ACI').size().getInfo())  # 10
print(ee.Image('AAFC/ACI/2009').getInfo())  # Image AAFC/ACI/2009 (1 band)

print(
    ee.FeatureCollection("NOAA/NHC/HURDAT2/pacific").size().getInfo()
)  # 28547