biom.table.Table.to_json¶

Table.to_json(generated_by, direct_io=None)¶

Returns a JSON string representing the table in BIOM format.

Parameters:	generated_by : str a string describing the software used to build the table direct_io : file or file-like object, optional Defaults to None. Must implementing a write function. If direct_io is not None, the final output is written directly to direct_io during processing.
Returns:	str A JSON-formatted string representing the biom table