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dir: /docs/content/commands/hugo_convert_toJSON.md/
---
date: 2015-05-21T20:03:19+02:00
title: "hugo convert toJSON"
slug: hugo_convert_toJSON
url: /commands/hugo_convert_tojson/
---
## hugo convert toJSON
Convert front matter to JSON
### Synopsis
toJSON will convert all front matter in the content
directory to use JSON for the front matter
```
hugo convert toJSON
```
### Options
```
-h, --help=false: help for toJSON
```
### Options inherited from parent commands
```
-b, --baseUrl="": hostname (and path) to the root eg. http://spf13.com/
-D, --buildDrafts=false: include content marked as draft
-F, --buildFuture=false: include content with publishdate in the future
--cacheDir="": filesystem path to cache directory. Defaults: $TMPDIR/hugo_cache/
--config="": config file (default is path/config.yaml|json|toml)
-d, --destination="": filesystem path to write files to
--disableRSS=false: Do not build RSS files
--disableSitemap=false: Do not build Sitemap file
--editor="": edit new content with this editor, if provided
--ignoreCache=false: Ignores the cache directory for reading but still writes to it
--log=false: Enable Logging
--logFile="": Log File path (if set, logging enabled automatically)
-o, --output="": filesystem path to write files to
--pluralizeListTitles=true: Pluralize titles in lists using inflect
-s, --source="": filesystem path to read files relative from
--stepAnalysis=false: display memory and timing of different steps of the program
-t, --theme="": theme to use (located in /themes/THEMENAME/)
--uglyUrls=false: if true, use /filename.html instead of /filename/
--unsafe=false: enable less safe operations, please backup first
-v, --verbose=false: verbose output
--verboseLog=false: verbose logging
```
### SEE ALSO
* [hugo convert](/commands/hugo_convert/) - Convert will modify your content to different formats
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