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Validate XML or Parse XML to JS/JSON very fast without C/C++ based libraries
Fast-Xml-Parser, except Tags are processed in order and returned as an array rather than object.
Example XML:
<note>
<text>the</text>
<text>quick</text>
<b>brown</b>
<b>fox</b>
<i>jumps</b>
<b>
<i>over</i>
</b>
<text>the lazy dog</text>
</note>
Result:
{
"tag":"!xml",
"children":[
{
"tag":"note",
"children":[
{
"tag":"text",
"#text":"the"
},
{
"tag":"text",
"#text":"quick"
},
{
"tag":"b",
"#text":"brown"
},
{
"tag":"b",
"#text":"fox"
},
{
"tag":"i",
"#text":"jumps"
},
{
"tag":"b",
"children":[
{
"tag":"i",
"#text":"over"
}
]
},
{
"tag":"text",
"#text":"the lazy dog"
}
]
}
]
}"```
-----
# [fast-xml-parser](https://www.npmjs.com/package/fast-xml-parser)
Validate XML, Parse XML to JS/JSON and vice versa, or parse XML to Nimn rapidly without C/C++ based libraries and no callback
> This project welcomes **contributors**. If you have a feature you'd like to see implemented or a bug you'd liked fixed, the best and fastest way to make that happen is to implement it and submit a PR. Basic knowledge of JS is sufficient. Feel free to ask for any guidance.
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### Main Features
<img align="right" src="static/img/fxp_logo.png" width="180px" alt="FXP logo"/>
* Validate XML data syntactically
* Transform XML to JSON or Nimn
* Transform JSON back to XML
* Works with node packages, in browser, and in CLI (press try me button above for demo)
* Faster than any pure JS implementation.
* It can handle big files (tested up to 100mb).
* Various options are available to customize the transformation
* You can parse CDATA as separate property.
* You can prefix attributes or group them to separate property. Or can ignore them from result completely.
* You can parse tag's or attribute's value to primitive type: string, integer, float, hexadecimal, or boolean. And can optionally decode for HTML char.
* You can remove namespace from tag or attribute name while parsing
* It supports boolean attributes, if configured.
## How to use
To use it in **NPM package** install it first
`$npm install fast-xml-parser` or using [yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/) `$yarn add fast-xml-parser`
To use it from **CLI** Install it globally with `-g` option.
`$npm install fast-xml-parser -g`
To use it on a **webpage** include it from a [CDN](https://cdnjs.com/libraries/fast-xml-parser)
### XML to JSON
```js
var jsonObj = parser.parse(xmlData [,options] );
var parser = require('fast-xml-parser');
var he = require('he');
var options = {
attributeNamePrefix : "@_",
attrNodeName: "attr", //default is 'false'
textNodeName : "#text",
ignoreAttributes : true,
ignoreNameSpace : false,
allowBooleanAttributes : false,
parseNodeValue : true,
parseAttributeValue : false,
trimValues: true,
cdataTagName: "__cdata", //default is 'false'
cdataPositionChar: "\\c",
localeRange: "", //To support non english character in tag/attribute values.
parseTrueNumberOnly: false,
attrValueProcessor: a => he.decode(a, {isAttributeValue: true}),//default is a=>a
tagValueProcessor : a => he.decode(a) //default is a=>a
};
if( parser.validate(xmlData) === true) { //optional (it'll return an object in case it's not valid)
var jsonObj = parser.parse(xmlData,options);
}
// Intermediate obj
var tObj = parser.getTraversalObj(xmlData,options);
var jsonObj = parser.convertToJson(tObj,options);
localeRange: "a-zA-Zа-яёА-ЯЁ"
$xml2js [-ns|-a|-c|-v|-V] <filename> [-o outputfile.json]
$cat xmlfile.xml | xml2js [-ns|-a|-c|-v|-V] [-o outputfile.json]
var result = parser.validate(xmlData);
if (result !== true) console.log(result.err);
var jsonObj = parser.parse(xmlData);
var Parser = require("fast-xml-parser").j2xParser;
//default options need not to set
var defaultOptions = {
attributeNamePrefix : "@_",
attrNodeName: "@", //default is false
textNodeName : "#text",
ignoreAttributes : true,
cdataTagName: "__cdata", //default is false
cdataPositionChar: "\\c",
format: false,
indentBy: " ",
supressEmptyNode: false,
tagValueProcessor: a=> he.encode(a, { useNamedReferences: true}),// default is a=>a
attrValueProcessor: a=> he.encode(a, {isAttributeValue: isAttribute, useNamedReferences: true})// default is a=>a
};
var parser = new Parser(defaultOptions);
var xml = parser.parse(json_or_js_obj);
With the correct options, you can get the almost original XML without losing any information.
when
format is set to true
true
, tags with no value (text or nested tags) are written as self closing tags.file size | fxp 3.0 validator (rps) | fxp 3.0 parser (rps) | xml2js 0.4.19 (rps) |
---|---|---|---|
1.5k | 16581.06758 | 14032.09323 | 4615.930805 |
1.5m | 14918.47793 | 13.23366098 | 5.90682005 |
13m | 1.834479235 | 1.135582008 | -1 |
1.3k with CDATA | 30583.35319 | 43160.52342 | 8398.556349 |
1.3m with CDATA | 27.29266471 | 52.68877009 | 7.966000795 |
1.6k with cdata,prolog,doctype | 27690.26082 | 41433.98547 | 7872.399268 |
98m | 0.08473858148 | 0.2600104004 | -1 |
file size | fxp 3.2 js to xml | xml2js 0.4.19 builder |
---|---|---|
1.3k | 160148.9801 | 10384.99401 |
1.1m | 173.6374831 | 8.611884025 |
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FAQs
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