# About tojson context method

The `tojson` context method can be used to serialize a Python object primitive, eg. a `dict` or `list` to a JSON string.

**Args**:

* `value`: The value to serialize to JSON (required)
* `default`: A default value to return if the `value` argument cannot be serialized (optional)

### Usage:

```text
{% set my_dict = {"abc": 123} %}
{% set my_json_string = tojson(my_dict) %}

{% do log(my_json_string) %}
```

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