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title: 'API docs: repository.model.toobject'
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[Home](./index.md) &gt; [@loopback/repository](./repository.md) &gt; [Model](./repository.model.md) &gt; [toObject](./repository.model.toobject.md)

## Model.toObject() method

Convert to a plain object as DTO

If `ignoreUnknownProperty` is set to false, convert all properties in the model instance, otherwise only convert the ones defined in the model definitions.

See function `asObject` for each property's conversion rules.

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
toObject(options?: Options): Object;
```

## Parameters

|  Parameter | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  options | [Options](./repository.options.md) |  |

<b>Returns:</b>

Object


