@shun-shobon/littlexml

@shun-shobon/littlexml

1kB XML library for Node.js, Bun, Deno, Browser, Edge runtime.

About

This library is designed to run on small JavaScript runtimes such as Cloudflare Workers. It also works on Node.js, Bun, Deno, and browsers.

Features

• Render XML as a string, iterator, or stream.
• Render XML with indentation.

Support platforms

• Node.js
• Deno
• Bun
• Browser
• Edge runtime like Cloudflare Workers, Vercel Edge Functions

Installation

Node.js / Bun

Install package from npm. You can also use yarn/pnpm instead of npm. If you are using Bun, you can install with bun add command.

npm install @shun-shobon/littlexml

You can import from the package as @shun-shobon/littlexml.

import { element, renderToString } from "@shun-shobon/littlexml";

Deno

You can directly import from npm:@shun-shobon/littlexml.

import { element, renderToString } from "npm:littlexml@0.6.2";

Browser

You can directly import from unpkg.com.

import {
	element,
	renderToString,
} from "https://unpkg.com/@shun-shobon/littlexml@0.6.2";

Example

This example is rendering a sitemap.

import { element, renderToString } from "@shun-shobon/littlexml";

const root = element("urlset")
	.attr("xmlns", "http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9")
	.attr("xmlns:image", "http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1")
	.child(
		element("url")
			.child(element("loc").text("https://example.com/"))
			.child(element("lastmod").text("2020-01-01"))
			.child(element("changefreq").text("daily"))
			.child(element("priority").text("0.8"))
			.child(
				element("image:image")
					.child(element("image:loc").text("https://example.com/image.png"))
					.child(element("image:caption").text("caption")),
			),
	);

const xml = renderToString(root, { version: "1.0", indent: 2 });

console.log(xml);

console output:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1">
  <url>
    <loc>https://example.com/</loc>
    <lastmod>2020-01-01</lastmod>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://example.com/image.png</image:loc>
      <image:caption>caption</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
</urlset>