XML Module

import xml from 'xml';

Methods

toJs(xml)
toXml(json, options)

toJs(xml)

Parses xml into a json object.

Arguments

XML (String) an xml input string

Returns

JSON Object

toXml(json, options)

Converts a json object to an xml document.

Arguments

json (Object) a json input object.
options (Object)
- rootElement (String: root)
- prettyPrint (Boolean: false)
- indent (String: \t)
- newline (String: \n)
- version (String: 1.0)
- encoding (String: UTF-8)
- standalone (Boolean: true)
- doctype (String: null)
- headless (Boolean: false)

Returns

XML Document String

Examples

import xml from 'xml'

let xmlString = 
`<note>
    <to>John</to>
    <from>Jane</from>
    <heading>Reminder</heading>
    <body>Don't forget me this weekend!</body>
</note>`

return xml.toJs(xmlString)

{
    "object": "result",
    "data": {
        "note": {
            "body": [
                "Don't forget me this weekend!"
            ],
            "from": [
                "Jane"
            ],
            "heading": [
                "Reminder"
            ],
            "to": [
                "John"
            ]
        }
    }
}

import xml from 'xml'
import logger from 'logger'

let jsonString = 
`{
	"employee": [
		{
			"id": "1",
			"firstName": "Tom",
			"lastName": "Cruise",
			"photo": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/735509975649378305/B81JwLT7.jpg"
		}
	]
}`


return xml.toXml(jsonString, {rootElement:'employees'})

{
    "object": "result",
    "data": "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?><employees>{\n\t\"employee\": [\n\t\t{\n\t\t\t\"id\": \"1\",\n\t\t\t\"firstName\": \"Tom\",\n\t\t\t\"lastName\": \"Cruise\",\n\t\t\t\"photo\": \"https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/735509975649378305/B81JwLT7.jpg\"\n\t\t}\n\t]\n}</employees>"
}