ak.to_json

Defined in awkward.operations.convert on line 1141.

ak.to_json(array, destination=None, pretty=False, maxdecimals=None, nan_string=None, infinity_string=None, minus_infinity_string=None, complex_record_fields=None, buffersize=65536)
Parameters

  • array – Data to convert to JSON.

  • destination (None or str) – If None, this function returns a JSON str; if a str, it uses that as a file name and writes (overwrites) that file (returning None).

  • pretty (bool) – If True, indent the output for human readability; if False, output compact JSON without spaces.

  • maxdecimals (None or int) – If an int, limit the number of floating-point decimals to this number; if None, write all digits.

  • nan_string (None or str) – If not None, floating-point NaN values will be replaced with this string instead of a JSON number.

  • infinity_string (None or str) – If not None, floating-point positive infinity values will be replaced with this string instead of a JSON number.

  • minus_infinity_string (None or str) – If not None, floating-point negative infinity values will be replaced with this string instead of a JSON number.

  • complex_record_fields (None or (str, str)) – If not None, defines a pair of field names to interpret records as complex numbers.

  • buffersize (int) – Size (in bytes) of the buffer used by the JSON parser.

Converts array (many types supported, including all Awkward Arrays and Records) into a JSON string or file.

Awkward Array types have the following JSON translations.

  • ak.types.PrimitiveType: converted into JSON booleans and numbers.

  • ak.types.OptionType: missing values are converted into None.

  • ak.types.ListType: converted into JSON lists.

  • ak.types.RegularType: also converted into JSON lists. JSON (and Python) forms lose information about the regularity of list lengths.

  • ak.types.ListType with parameter "__array__" equal to "__bytestring__" or "__string__": converted into JSON strings.

  • ak.types.RecordArray without field names: converted into JSON objects with numbers as strings for keys.

  • ak.types.RecordArray with field names: converted into JSON objects.

  • ak.types.UnionArray: JSON data are naturally heterogeneous.

See also ak.from_json and ak.Array.tojson.