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# serialize

[**utils**](/near-sdk-js/utils.md) • **Docs**

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[near-sdk-js v2.0.0](/near-sdk-js/packages.md) / [utils](/near-sdk-js/utils.md) / serialize

## Function: serialize()

> **serialize**(`valueToSerialize`): `Uint8Array`

### Parameters

• **valueToSerialize**: `unknown`

### Returns

`Uint8Array`

### Defined in

[packages/near-sdk-js/src/utils.ts:159](https://github.com/near/near-sdk-js/blob/b58ac04fc6dff2f1120e9098c0cb059493486598/packages/near-sdk-js/src/utils.ts#L159)