toXML - Pure JavaScript XML Writer
Live Demo: https://kawanet.github.io/from-xml/
FEATURES
- Simple: single writer function
toXML()which returns XML string. - Small: 2KB minified, 1KB gzipped.
- Standalone: no external module dependency nor DOM needed.
- TypeScript definition: to-xml.d.ts
SYNOPSIS
ES Module:
import {toXML} from "to-xml";Node.js:
const {toXML} = require("to-xml");Browser:
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/to-xml/dist/to-xml.min.js"></script>Run:
const data = {
"xml": {
"@foo": "FOO",
"bar": {
"baz": "BAZ"
}
}
};
const xml = toXML(data, null, 2);
console.warn(xml);Result:
<xml foo="FOO">
<bar>
<baz>BAZ</baz>
</bar>
</xml>EXAMPLES
Empty Element
JavaScript: null
{
"xml": {
"foo": {"@bar": "BAR"},
"buz": null,
"qux": {},
"quux": ""
}
}XML: empty element
<xml>
<foo bar="BAR"/>
<buz/>
<qux></qux>
<quux></quux>
</xml>Empty Attribute
JavaScript: @ property name or null value
{
"xml": {
"@": "bar",
"@baz": null,
"foo": "FOO"
}
}XML: empty attribute
<xml bar baz>
<foo>FOO</foo>
</xml>Multiple Child Nodes
JavaScript: Array of String or Array of Object
{
"xml": {
"foo": ["BAR", "BAZ", "QUX"]
}
}XML: child nodes
<xml>
<foo>BAR</foo>
<foo>BAZ</foo>
<foo>QUX</foo>
</xml>Text Node with Attribute
JavaScript: # property name
{
"xml": {
"foo": {
"@bar": "BAR",
"#": "BAZ"
}
}
}XML: text node
<xml>
<foo bar="BAR">BAZ</foo>
</xml>XML Declaration and Comment
JavaScript: ? and ! property name
{
"?": "xml version=\"1.0\"",
"!": "DOCTYPE note SYSTEM \"Note.dtd\"",
"note": {
"title": "FOO",
"!": "-- comment --",
"body": "BAR"
}
}XML:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE note SYSTEM "Note.dtd">
<note>
<title>FOO</title>
<!-- comment -->
<body>BAR</body>
</note>Fragment
JavaScript: # property name
{
"plist": {
"@version": "1.0",
"dict": {
"#": [
{"key": "CFBundleDevelopmentRegion"},
{"string": "ja"},
{"key": "CFBundleIcons"},
{"dict": null},
{"key": "LSRequiresIPhoneOS"},
{"true": null}
]
}
}
}XML: child node list in order
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
<string>ja</string>
<key>CFBundleIcons</key>
<dict/>
<key>LSRequiresIPhoneOS</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</plist>CLI
$ echo '{"foo":{"@bar":"BAR","buz":"BUZ"}}' | ./node_modules/.bin/json2xml -2
<foo bar="BAR">
<buz>BUZ</buz>
</foo>LINKS
- https://github.com/kawanet/to-xml
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/from-xml
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/to-xml
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/xml-objtree
LICENSE
The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2016-2023 Yusuke Kawasaki
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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