Packer
jsonencode Function
jsonencode encodes a given value to a string using JSON syntax.
The JSON encoding is defined in RFC 7159.
This function maps Packer language values to JSON values in the following way:
| Packer type | JSON type |
|---|---|
string | String |
number | Number |
bool | Bool |
list(...) | Array |
set(...) | Array |
tuple(...) | Array |
map(...) | Object |
object(...) | Object |
| Null value | null |
Since the JSON format cannot fully represent all of the Packer language
types, passing the jsonencode result to jsondecode will not produce an
identical value, but the automatic type conversion rules mean that this is
rarely a problem in practice.
Examples
> jsonencode({"hello"="world"})
{"hello":"world"}
Related Functions
jsondecodeperforms the opposite operation, decoding a JSON string to obtain its represented value.