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ee.FeatureCollection.serialize

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The serialize() method returns the serialized representation of a FeatureCollection object.
The method can optionally take a boolean argument legacy to enable a legacy output format.
The serialized representation is returned as a String.

Returns the serialized representation of this object.

Usage	Returns
`FeatureCollection. serialize ( legacy )`	String

Argument	Type	Details
this: `computedobject`	ComputedObject	The ComputedObject instance.
`legacy`	Boolean, optional	Enables legacy format.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

 // FeatureCollection of power plants in Belgium. 
 var 
  
 fc 
  
 = 
  
 ee 
 . 
 FeatureCollection 
 ( 
 'WRI/GPPD/power_plants' 
 ) 
  
 . 
 filter 
 ( 
 'country_lg == "Belgium"' 
 ); 
 print 
 ( 
 'Serialized representation of ee.FeatureCollection' 
 , 
  
 fc 
 . 
 serialize 
 ());

Python setup

See the Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using geemap for interactive development.

 import 
  
 ee 
 import 
  
 geemap.core 
  
 as 
  
 geemap

Colab (Python)

 # FeatureCollection of power plants in Belgium. 
 fc 
 = 
 ee 
 . 
 FeatureCollection 
 ( 
 'WRI/GPPD/power_plants' 
 ) 
 . 
 filter 
 ( 
 'country_lg == "Belgium"' 
 ) 
 display 
 ( 
 'Serialized representation of ee.FeatureCollection:' 
 , 
 fc 
 . 
 serialize 
 ())

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Examples

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ee.FeatureCollection.serialize