Firebase Firestore returns [object Object] instead of instead of a plain object

I have a custom hook called useDocument.js below which fetches the data from a firestore collection via a specific ID. Why is it that it’s returning [object Object] instead of plain object.

I’ve tried accessing the name property and logging it to the console using document.name but throws up an error:

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading ‘name’)

But when I use JSON.stringify(document), I can see the object properties and values

from documents 2: {“name”:”Mark Dave Marquez”,”id”:”D68ogPwGLCeaOfoRZIBe”}

Home.js

import React from "react";
import { Link } from "react-router-dom";
import { useAuthContext } from "../../hooks/useAuthContext";
import { useDocument } from "../../hooks/useDocument";

//components
import UserProfile from "../../components/UserProfile";

const Home = () => {
  const { document, error } = useDocument("test", "D68ogPwGLCeaOfoRZIBe");
  console.log("documents 2: " + document); 
  return <div> Test </div>
};  
export default Home;

useDocument.js

import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
import { projectFirestore } from "../firebase/config";
 
export const useDocument = (collection, id) => {
  const [document, setDocument] = useState(null);
  const [error, setError] = useState(null);
 
  // realtime document data
  useEffect(() => {
    const ref = projectFirestore.collection(collection).doc(id);
 
    const unsubscribe = ref.onSnapshot(
      (snapshot) => {
        // need to make sure the doc exists & has data
        if (snapshot.data()) {
          setDocument({ ...snapshot.data(), id: snapshot.id });
          setError(null);
        } else {
          setError("No such document exists");
        }
      },
      (err) => {
        console.log(err.message);
        setError("failed to get document");
      }
    );
 
    // unsubscribe on unmount
    return () => unsubscribe();
  }, [collection, id]);
 
  return { document, error };
};

From the collection:

Answer

Nevermind, this is because of the way I use console.log("documents 2: " + document); Forgot that the + sign converts the object into string thus the output would become [object Object].

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