# kumo.serde.toml_parse ```lua kumo.serde.toml_parse(STRING) ``` {{since('2024.09.02-c5476b89')}} !!! note In earlier versions of kumomta, this function was available as `kumo.toml_parse`. Parses STRING as TOML, returning a lua representation of the parsed TOML. This is logically the opposite of [kumo.serde.toml_encode](toml_encode.md). See also [kumo.serde.toml_load](toml_load.md), [kumo.serde.toml_encode](toml_encode.md) and [kumo.serde.toml_encode_pretty](toml_encode_pretty.md)