polars.DataFrame.write_json

DataFrame.write_json(
    file: IOBase | str | Path | None = None,
) → str | None

Serialize to JSON representation.

Parameters:

file

File path or writable file-like object to which the result will be written. If set to None (default), the output is returned as a string instead.

See also

DataFrame.write_ndjson

Examples

>>> df = pl.DataFrame(
...     {
...         "foo": [1, 2, 3],
...         "bar": [6, 7, 8],
...     }
... )
>>> df.write_json()
'[{"foo":1,"bar":6},{"foo":2,"bar":7},{"foo":3,"bar":8}]'