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ee.String.encodeJSON

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The encodeJSON method of ee.String encodes an Earth Engine object into a JSON string.
It supports encoding primitives, lists, and dictionaries.
The method returns a String type.
The input argument is the object to be encoded.

Encodes an object to JSON. Supports primitives, lists, and dictionaries.

Usage	Returns
`ee.String.encodeJSON(object)`	String

Argument	Type	Details
`object`	Object	The object to encode.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

 print 
 ( 
 'JSON-encoded ee.String' 
 , 
  
 ee 
 . 
 String 
 . 
 encodeJSON 
 ( 
 ee 
 . 
 String 
 ( 
 'earth' 
 ))); 
  
 // "\"earth\"" 
 print 
 ( 
 'JSON-encoded ee.Number' 
 , 
  
 ee 
 . 
 String 
 . 
 encodeJSON 
 ( 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 1 
 ))); 
  
 // "1" 
 print 
 ( 
 'JSON-encoded ee.List' 
 , 
  
 ee 
 . 
 String 
 . 
 encodeJSON 
 ( 
 ee 
 . 
 List 
 ([ 
 1 
 , 
  
 2 
 , 
  
 3 
 ]))); 
  
 // "[1,2,3]" 
 print 
 ( 
 'JSON-encoded ee.Dictionary' 
 , 
  
 ee 
 . 
 String 
 . 
 encodeJSON 
 ( 
 ee 
 . 
 Dictionary 
 ({ 
 lc_name 
 : 
  
 'grassland' 
 , 
  
 lc_class 
 : 
  
 3 
 }))); 
 // "{\"lc_class\":3,\"lc_name\":\"grassland\"}"

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)

 print 
 ( 
 'JSON-encoded ee.String:' 
 , 
 repr 
 ( 
 ee 
 . 
 String 
 . 
 encodeJSON 
 ( 
 ee 
 . 
 String 
 ( 
 'earth' 
 )) 
 . 
 getInfo 
 ())) 
 # '\"earth\"' 
 print 
 ( 
 'JSON-encoded ee.Number:' 
 , 
 repr 
 ( 
 ee 
 . 
 String 
 . 
 encodeJSON 
 ( 
 ee 
 . 
 Number 
 ( 
 1 
 )) 
 . 
 getInfo 
 ())) 
 # '1' 
 print 
 ( 
 'JSON-encoded ee.List:' 
 , 
 repr 
 ( 
 ee 
 . 
 String 
 . 
 encodeJSON 
 ( 
 ee 
 . 
 List 
 ([ 
 1 
 , 
 2 
 , 
 3 
 ])) 
 . 
 getInfo 
 ())) 
 # '[1,2,3]' 
 print 
 ( 
 'JSON-encoded ee.Dictionary:' 
 , 
 repr 
 ( 
 ee 
 . 
 String 
 . 
 encodeJSON 
 ( 
 ee 
 . 
 Dictionary 
 ({ 
 'lc_name' 
 : 
 'grassland' 
 , 
 'lc_class' 
 : 
 3 
 })) 
 . 
 getInfo 
 ())) 
 # '{\"lc_class\":3,\"lc_name\":\"grassland\"}'

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Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

Colab (Python)

ee.String.encodeJSON