libxml-to-js

About

This is a XML to JavaScript object parser. It uses the libxmljs module for the actual XML parsing. It aims to be an easy xml2js replacement, but it doesn't follow the xml2js API. I used xml2js for my own needs, but the error reporting of the underlying SAX parser is quite broken. This is how libxml-to-js saw the day light.

libxml-to-js uses the string parser method of libxmljs. Basically a modified version of the algorithm from here in order to fit the formal specifications of xml2js output.

Installation

Either manually clone this repository into your node_modules directory, or the recommended method:

npm install libxml-to-js

Usage mode

var parser = require('libxml-to-js');
var xml = 'xml string';

parser(xml, function (error, result) {
	if (error) {
		console.error(error);
	} else {
		console.log(result);
	}
});

Known issues

• The namespace attribute isn't translated to the JavaScript object as the libxmljs treats it different from the sax-js parser. The sax-js simply places it as a simple attribute.
• The behavior for nodes that use namespaces is untested vs. the output of xml2js.

Changelog

v0.2.1

• Updated the package.json file with more data.

v0.2

• Dropped the SAX parser in favor of maintaining the string parser. Basically it cuts the code base in half. xml2js might implement libxmljs as well, therefore nothing is really lost.

v0.1

• Initial release, featuring SAX and string parsers.