# RED.util.encodeObject & TypeError: Converting circular structure to JSON

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**Created:** [14 September 2024 16:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/red-util-encodeobject-typeerror-converting-circular-structure-to-json/90978 "2024-09-14T16:43:20Z")\
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> [@TotallyInformation](#):
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> encodeObject isn't checking for those properties,

Seems so but whether this is a bug, I'm not quite sure. Since I don't know for what exactly encodeObject should be used for, perhaps sending the results over `RED.comms.publish` is _not_ an intended use case.

But I doubt that 😉

Edit: P.S. this difference in APIs reminds me of my question from [last week](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/the-red-object-has-3-apis/90760)!

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