ee.FeatureCollection.serialize

  • The serialize() method returns the serialized representation of a FeatureCollection object.

  • The method can optionally take a boolean argument legacy to enable a legacy output format.

  • The serialized representation is returned as a String.

Returns the serialized representation of this object.

UsageReturns
FeatureCollection.serialize(legacy)String
ArgumentTypeDetails
this: computedobjectComputedObjectThe ComputedObject instance.
legacyBoolean, optionalEnables legacy format.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

// FeatureCollection of power plants in Belgium.
var fc = ee.FeatureCollection('WRI/GPPD/power_plants')
            .filter('country_lg == "Belgium"');

print('Serialized representation of ee.FeatureCollection', fc.serialize());

Python setup

See the Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using geemap for interactive development.

import ee
import geemap.core as geemap

Colab (Python)

# FeatureCollection of power plants in Belgium.
fc = ee.FeatureCollection('WRI/GPPD/power_plants').filter(
    'country_lg == "Belgium"')

display('Serialized representation of ee.FeatureCollection:',
        fc.serialize())