xml-converter

xml-converter

A module for converting between XML format and JavaScript objects.

Documentation in Russian

Requirements

• Node.js version ^16.

Installation

npm i xml-converter

Examples of using

Parsing XML to JavaScript object.

const { parseXML } = require( 'xml-converter' );

const xml = `<root>
<child>
    <tag>string value</tag>
    <tag>78</tag>
</child>
</root>`;

const object = parseXML( xml );

Result

//object
{
  root: [
    {
      value: '',
      attrs: {},
      self: false,
      child: [
        {
          value: '',
          attrs: {},
          self: false,
          tag: [
            {
              value: 'string value',
              attrs: {},
              self: false,
            },
            {
              value: '78',
              attrs: {},
              self: false,
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
}

Parsing JavaScript object to XML.

const { parseObject } = require( 'xml-converter' );

const object = {
    root: [
      {
        value: '',
        attrs: {},
        self: false,
        child: [
          {
            value: '',
            attrs: {},
            self: false,
            tag: [
              {
                value: 'string value',
                attrs: {},
                self: false,
              },
              {
                value: '78',
                attrs: {},
                self: false,
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
  }

const xml = parseObject( object, 2 );

Result

//xml
`<root>
<child>
  <tag>string value</tag>
  <tag>78</tag>
</child>
</root>`

Arguments

parseXML( xml )

Argument	Type	Description
xml	string	Valid xml string.

parseObject( object, indentSize )

Argument	Type	Description
object	object	Valid object described in the next section.
indentSize	number	Indent size for xml string.

Fields and type of the object returned from the parseXML().

Field	Type	Description
value	string	Value of the XML tag.
attrs	object	Object with tag's attributes { attributeName: 'attributeValue' }.
self	boolean	Flag indicating whether the tag is self-closing.
[tag]	array	Array with child-tags with same tag name.

Example

//object
{
  root: [ // root tag name
    { // object, root tag
      value: '', // root tag value
      attrs: {}, // root tag attributes
      self: false,
      child: [ // child tag name
        { // object, child tag
          value: '', // child tag value...
          attrs: {},
          self: false,
          tag: [
            {
              value: 'string value',
              attrs: {},
              self: false,
            },
            {
              value: '78',
              attrs: {},
              self: false,
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
}