How to convert a ruby hash object to JSON?

Question

How to convert a ruby hash object to JSON? So I am trying this example below & it doesn\'t work?

I was looking at the RubyDoc and obviously Hash obj

Answer 1

Add the following line on the top of your file

require 'json'

Then you can use:

car = {:make => "bmw", :year => "2003"}
car.to_json

Alternatively, you can use:

JSON.generate({:make => "bmw", :year => "2003"})