> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.kinetica.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# encoding

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    <div className="dt sig sig-object py" id="gpudb.GPUdb.Options.encoding"> <span className="em property"><span className="k"><span className="pre">property</span></span><span className="w"> </span></span><span className="sig-name descname"><span className="pre">encoding</span></span></div>

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      <p>Gets the encoding used by the client. Supported values are:</p>

      <ul className="simple">
        <li>
          <p><strong>binary</strong></p>
        </li>

        <li>
          <p><strong>snappy</strong></p>
        </li>

        <li>
          <p><strong>json</strong></p>
        </li>
      </ul>
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