to_json()

Serialize a Python object to a JSON string.

Usage

to_json(obj)

Converts the given object into a human-readable JSON string. Supports dicts, lists, strings, numbers, booleans, and None.

Parameters

obj: object

The Python object to serialize. Must be JSON-serializable.

Returns

str

A JSON-formatted string.

Raises

TypeError

If the object is not JSON-serializable.

See Also

serialize()

Serialize to bytes using pickle (supports more types).

Parse a JSON string back into a Python object.

Examples

>>> to_json({"name": "test", "value": 42})

‘{“name”: “test”, “value”: 42}’