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How to convert XML to JSON and back using JavaScript?

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Sometimes, we want to convert XML to JSON and back using JavaScript.

In this article, we’ll look at how to convert XML to JSON and back using JavaScript.

How to convert XML to JSON and back using JavaScript?

To convert XML to JSON and back using JavaScript, we can use the txml package.

To install it, we run

npm i txml

Then we use it by writing

const xml = require("txml");
const data = `
<tag>tag content</tag>
<tag2>another content</tag2>
<bar>
  <foo>inside content</foo>
  <emptyTag />
</bar>`;

const dom = xml(data);
xml.stringify(dom);

const json = xml.parse(data);

to call xml with the data XML string to convert it to a DOM object.

And we call xml.stringify to convert the dom object back to an XML string.

We call xml.parse with data to convert the XML string to a JavaScript object.

Conclusion

To convert XML to JSON and back using JavaScript, we can use the txml package.

By John Au-Yeung

Web developer specializing in React, Vue, and front end development.

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