$$xmlparse

Parses an XML and converts it to an object

• Elements with text and attributes will be converted to objects with a #text field for the text

Usage

{ 
  "$$xmlparse": /* XML string */,
  "keep_strings": false /* boolean */,
  "cdata_prop_name": "#text" /* string */,
  "attr_prefix": "@" /* string */,
  "array_tags": [] /* string[] */
}

"$$xmlparse([keep_strings],[cdata_prop_name],[attr_prefix],[array_tags]):{input}"

note

Concrete values in the usage example are default values.

Returns

object

Arguments

Argument	Type	Values	Required / Default Value	Description
Input	string		Yes	XML string
keep_strings	boolean	false/true	false	Do not try to detect primitive types (e.g. numbers, boolean, etc)
attr_prefix	string		"@"	Prefix for properties extracted from XML attributes
cdata_prop_name	string		"#text"	A key for the text/CDATA section (when needed)
array_tags	string[]		[]	Tag names that will always be parsed as arrays

Examples

Input

Definition

Output

<root></root>

"$$xmlparse:$"

{
  "root": ""
}

Test

<root><hello to="world"><hi /><hi /></hello></root>

"$$xmlparse:$"

{
  "root": {
    "hello": {
      "hi": [
        "",
        ""
      ],
      "@to": "world"
    }
  }
}

Test

<root></root>

{
  "$$xmlparse": "$"
}

{
  "root": ""
}

Test

<root><hello to="world"><hi /><hi /></hello></root>

{
  "$$xmlparse": "$"
}

{
  "root": {
    "hello": {
      "hi": [
        "",
        ""
      ],
      "@to": "world"
    }
  }
}

Test

<root><hello to="world"><hi><test>X</test></hi></hello></root>

{
  "$$xmlparse": "$"
}

{
  "root": {
    "hello": {
      "hi": {
        "test": "X"
      },
      "@to": "world"
    }
  }
}

Test

<root><hello to="world"><hi><test>X</test></hi></hello></root>

{
  "$$xmlparse": "$",
  "array_tags": [
    "hi"
  ]
}

{
  "root": {
    "hello": {
      "hi": [
        {
          "test": "X"
        }
      ],
      "@to": "world"
    }
  }
}

Test

<root><hello to="world"><hi /><hi /></hello></root>

{
  "$$xmlparse": "$",
  "array_tags": [
    "hi"
  ]
}

{
  "root": {
    "hello": {
      "hi": [
        "",
        ""
      ],
      "@to": "world"
    }
  }
}

Test

<root><hello to="2"><hi>true</hi></hello></root>

{
  "$$xmlparse": "$",
  "keep_strings": true
}

{
  "root": {
    "hello": {
      "hi": "true",
      "@to": "2"
    }
  }
}

Test

<root><hello to="2"><hi>true</hi></hello></root>

{
  "$$xmlparse": "$"
}

{
  "root": {
    "hello": {
      "hi": true,
      "@to": 2
    }
  }
}

Test