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## Export configuration to JSON format

> [!NOTE]
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> Exporting the configuration in JSON format makes it easier to process the configuration in an external tool, for example.\
> **Path**: json\
> *`disabled`*\
> **Disabled**: if json is not set in "[Select for output](#step.output)"

| Variable                                                                                                                                                                                           | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Default value                                                                            | Type                                                                                            |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **<a id="json.mandatory" name="json.mandatory">json.mandatory</a>**<br/>**Command line**: <br/>•&nbsp;--json.mandatory<br/>•&nbsp;--json.no-mandatory<br/>**Environment variable**: JSON.MANDATORY | Test mandatories variables before display in JSON.<br/>The configuration must be valid before exporting the data to JSON format. It&#x27;s better to validate the values at the beginning of the process.                                                                 | true if "[Configuration in output step is in read_write mode](#cli.read_write)" is false | [`boolean`](https://rougail.readthedocs.io/en/latest/variable.html#variables-types) `mandatory` |
| **<a id="json.get" name="json.get">json.get</a>**<br/>**Command line**: <br/>--json.get<br/>**Environment variable**: JSON.GET                                                                     | Get value for a variable or a family.<br/>By default, the entire configuration is exported as JSON. It is possible to retrieve variable values from a defined family or directly the value of a variable.<br/>**Examples**: <br/>•&nbsp;family<br/>•&nbsp;family.variable |                                                                                          | [`string`](https://rougail.readthedocs.io/en/latest/variable.html#variables-types)              |