---
title: Encode JSON
sidebar:
  label: Encode
  order: 1
---
import SchemaInfo from '../../../../components/SchemaInfo.astro';

This processor will encode an incoming object into a JSON byte array. This processor will return an error if the message being processed is not able to be serialized as JSON.

<SchemaInfo type="processor" id="json.encode"/>

### Example

```yaml
- id: encode
  type: json.encode
```
