1 # isobject [![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/isobject.svg?style=flat)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/isobject) [![NPM downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/isobject.svg?style=flat)](https://npmjs.org/package/isobject) [![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/travis/jonschlinkert/isobject.svg?style=flat)](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/isobject)
3 Returns true if the value is an object and not an array or null.
7 Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/):
10 $ npm install isobject --save
13 Use [is-plain-object](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-plain-object) if you want only objects that are created by the `Object` constructor.
17 Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/):
20 $ npm install isobject
23 Install with [bower](http://bower.io/)
26 $ bower install isobject
32 var isObject = require('isobject');
37 All of the following return `true`:
41 isObject(Object.create({}));
42 isObject(Object.create(Object.prototype));
43 isObject(Object.create(null));
51 All of the following return `false`:
55 isObject(function () {});
64 You might also be interested in these projects:
66 [merge-deep](https://www.npmjs.com/package/merge-deep): Recursively merge values in a javascript object. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/merge-deep)
68 * [extend-shallow](https://www.npmjs.com/package/extend-shallow): Extend an object with the properties of additional objects. node.js/javascript util. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/extend-shallow)
69 * [is-plain-object](https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-plain-object): Returns true if an object was created by the `Object` constructor. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-plain-object)
70 * [kind-of](https://www.npmjs.com/package/kind-of): Get the native type of a value. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/kind-of)
74 Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/isobject/issues/new).
78 Generate readme and API documentation with [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb):
81 $ npm install verb && npm run docs
84 Or, if [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb) is installed globally:
92 Install dev dependencies:
95 $ npm install -d && npm test
102 * [github/jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert)
103 * [twitter/jonschlinkert](http://twitter.com/jonschlinkert)
107 Copyright © 2016, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert).
108 Released under the [MIT license](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/isobject/blob/master/LICENSE).
112 _This file was generated by [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb), v0.9.0, on April 25, 2016._