xarray.DataArray.to_dict

DataArray.to_dict(data=True, encoding=False)

Convert this xarray.DataArray into a dictionary following xarray naming conventions.

Converts all variables and attributes to native Python objects. Useful for converting to json. To avoid datetime incompatibility use decode_times=False kwarg in xarray.open_dataset.

Parameters:

• data (bool, default: True) – Whether to include the actual data in the dictionary. When set to False, returns just the schema.

• encoding (bool, default: False) – Whether to include the Dataset’s encoding in the dictionary.

Returns:

dict (dict)

See also

DataArray.from_dict, Dataset.to_dict