Xml to json

Xml to json - free online tool.

Enable JavaScript to use the interactive tool. The guide below explains how it works.

XML to JSON Converter

What it does

This tool converts an XML document into JSON. Paste XML on the left; a JSON representation appears on the right, using the compact structure of the xml-js library. Malformed XML is reported and produces no output.

Why someone uses it

• Consuming an older XML-based API from modern JavaScript code that prefers JSON.
• Exploring the structure of a large XML file as a tree of objects.
• Migrating data from XML exports into a JSON-based store.
• Quickly checking how attributes and text are represented.

Step-by-step instructions

1. Paste your XML into the input (a sample <a x="1.234" y="It's"/> is pre-filled).
2. Check there is no "Provided XML is not valid" message.
3. Copy the JSON from the output.

Examples

Input: <a x="1.234" y="It's"/>

Output:

{
  "a": {
    "_attributes": {
      "x": "1.234",
      "y": "It's"
    }
  }
}

Understanding the results

The conversion uses a compact format with conventions you need to know when reading the JSON: attributes are grouped under _attributes, text inside an element appears under _text, CDATA under _cdata, and comments under _comment. Repeated sibling elements with the same name become an array, while a single element stays an object, so the type of a field can change depending on how many times it appears. All attribute values are strings, even numeric-looking ones such as "1.234"; convert them in your code if you need numbers.

FAQs

• Is the mapping standardised? No. There is no single official XML-to-JSON mapping; this tool follows the xml-js compact convention.
• Why is a number a string? XML has no number type; everything is text.
• Can I convert back? Use JSON to XML, though a round trip may not match this exact structure.
• Is my XML uploaded? No, parsing happens in your browser.

Common mistakes

• Assuming a repeated element is always an array; a single occurrence is an object.
• Ignoring namespaces and prefixes; they are kept as part of the names.
• Feeding invalid XML (unclosed tags, unescaped &).
• Forgetting that comments and processing instructions may appear in the output.

Use cases

• Wrapping legacy SOAP or RSS data for a JavaScript front end.
• Data migration and ETL scripts.
• Learning how XML nesting maps to objects.
• Preparing test fixtures from XML samples.

Related tools

• JSON to XML: Go the other way.
• XML Formatter: Tidy the XML before converting.
• JSON Viewer: Explore the resulting JSON.