Effortlessly transform complex XML data into clean, readable JSON with our intelligent, browser-based converter. Ideal for developers, data analysts, and anyone working with modern APIs and web services.
Privacy Guaranteed: Your XML is processed entirely in your browser. Nothing is stored or transmitted to our servers.
How to Convert XML to JSON
Transforming your XML data into well-structured JSON is a quick, three-step process with our tool.
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1. Paste Your XML
Copy your XML data and paste it into the “Input XML” editor. The tool is ready to handle any valid XML structure.
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2. Convert Instantly
If real-time conversion is enabled, the JSON output appears instantly as you type. Otherwise, just click “Convert to JSON”.
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3. Copy & Use Your JSON
Your structured JSON is ready. Click the “Copy JSON” button to add it to your clipboard for use in any application or workflow.
In-Depth Use Cases for XML to JSON Conversion
While both are data-interchange formats, converting XML to JSON is crucial for many modern development workflows. Here’s where it makes a significant impact:
Modern Web APIs
When interacting with legacy systems that expose data via XML, converting it to JSON is essential before sending it to a modern front-end framework like React, Vue, or Angular.
NoSQL Database Integration
Databases like MongoDB and DynamoDB store data in a JSON-like BSON format. Converting XML data to JSON is a required first step for ingestion and storage.
Data Visualization
JavaScript charting libraries such as D3.js, Chart.js, and Highcharts are designed to work with JSON data, making conversion a prerequisite for building dashboards.
Beyond the Browser: Programmatic Conversion
While this tool is perfect for quick, manual conversions, you often need to perform this transformation within your application’s code. Here are simple, copy-paste examples for popular languages:
JavaScript (Node.js)
Using the popular xml-js library, you can easily convert XML strings or files in your Node.js backend.
// First, install the library: npm install xml-js
const convert = require('xml-js');
const xmlData = `
Gambardella, Matthew
`;
const options = { compact: true, spaces: 2 };
const jsonData = convert.xml2json(xmlData, options);
console.log(jsonData);
Python
Python’s ecosystem offers the xmltodict library, which provides a clean way to handle the conversion.
# First, install the library: pip install xmltodict
import xmltodict
import json
xml_data = """
Gambardella, Matthew
"""
dict_data = xmltodict.parse(xml_data)
json_data = json.dumps(dict_data, indent=2)
print(json_data)
Frequently Asked Questions
Absolutely. Our converter works entirely within your browser using JavaScript. Your XML data never leaves your computer and is never sent to any server. This ensures 100% privacy and security for your data.
To avoid naming conflicts with elements, XML attributes are converted into JSON properties prefixed with an “@” symbol. For example, an element like {"@id": "123", ...}.
CDATA sections (e.g., ) are designed to include text with special characters without parsing. Our tool correctly extracts the content and includes it as a standard text value in the resulting JSON.
XML comments are generally ignored as JSON does not have a native comment format. XML namespaces are preserved and typically converted into special keys in the JSON output to maintain data integrity.
Yes, our tool is optimized to handle large XML files. Since processing is done on your machine, performance depends on your computer’s resources. For extremely large files (over 20MB), a programmatic server-side approach might be more suitable.
The most common error is providing invalid or malformed XML. This includes unclosed tags, improperly nested elements, or special characters that are not correctly escaped. Our tool will display an error to help you identify the issue.
This tool is specialized for one-way XML to JSON conversion. Converting JSON back to XML is a different process with its own complexities (like handling a root element and arrays), and would require a dedicated JSON to XML converter.
Yes, our XML to JSON converter is 100% free with no limitations, registration requirements, or hidden costs. You can use it as often as you need for both personal and commercial projects.
This tool uses modern web technologies and is fully compatible with the latest versions of major browsers, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, and Safari.
Currently, this is a client-side tool only. We do not offer a public API. For programmatic conversion, we recommend using a dedicated library in your preferred language, such as xml-js for JavaScript or xmltodict for Python, as shown in the examples above.