# `kumo.json_encode(VALUE)`

Attempts to encode VALUE as its JSON equivalent, and returns that value
serialized as a string.

This is logically the opposite of [kumo.json_parse](json_parse.md).

See also [kumo.json_load](json_load.md), [kumo.json_parse](json_parse.md)
and [kumo.json_encode_pretty](json_encode_pretty.md)