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prettify-xml
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Pretty print xml.
This is a small package that synchronously pretty prints XML/HTML.
const prettifyXml = require('prettify-xml')
const input = '<div><p>foo</p><p>bar</p></div>'
const expectedOutput = [
'<div>',
' <p>foo</p>',
' <p>bar</p>',
'</div>',
].join('\n')
const options = {indent: 2, newline: '\n'} // 2 spaces is default, newline defaults to require('os').EOL
const output = prettifyXml(input, options) // options is optional
assert(output === expectedOutput)
The xml-formatter package is another tool for formatting XML strings. It offers similar functionality to prettify-xml, allowing users to specify indentation levels and other formatting options. Compared to prettify-xml, xml-formatter may offer more customization options for handling different XML formatting needs.
The pretty-data package provides utilities for formatting XML, JSON, and CSS data. It is more versatile than prettify-xml as it supports multiple data formats, but for XML-specific tasks, prettify-xml might be more straightforward and focused.
vkbeautify is a package that can beautify and minify XML, JSON, and CSS strings. It is similar to prettify-xml in its XML formatting capabilities but also offers additional functionality for other data types, making it a more comprehensive tool for developers working with various data formats.
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Pretty-print XML.
The npm package prettify-xml receives a total of 79,893 weekly downloads. As such, prettify-xml popularity was classified as popular.
We found that prettify-xml demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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