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{{Mark|Updated with BaseX 8.0}}: Aligned with [[http://docs.basex.org/wiki/XQuery_3.1#Serializationthe {{Code|XQuery 3json}} output method of the official specification.1 Serialization]]

|Serializes the node specified by {{Code|$input}} as JSON, and returns the result as {{Code|xs:string}} instance. The node is expected to conform to the output created by the [[#json:parse|json:parse()]] function. All other items will be serialized as specified in for the {{Code|json }} output method of the [http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt-xquery-serialization-31/ official specification].<br />Items can also be serialized as JSON if the [[Serialization|Serialization Parameter]] {{Code|method}} is set to {{Code|json}}.<br/>The {{Code|$options}} argument can be used to control the way the input is serialized.