>>> result = df.to_json(orient="table") >>> parsed = json.loads(result) >>> json.dumps(parsed, indent=4) { "schema": { "fields": [ { "name": "index", "type": "string" }, { "name": "col 1", "type": "string" }, { "name": "col 2", "type": "string" } ], "primaryKey": [ "index" ], "pandas_version": "0.20.0" }, "data": [ { "index": "row 1", "col 1": "a", "col 2": "b" }, { "index": "row 2", "col 1": "c", "col 2": "d" } ] }