ophentis / xml-to-json

A complete XML to JSON transformation

xml-to-json

A complete XML to JSON transformation utility adapted from
Doeke Zanstra's xml2json utility

This version is adapted from VladG's xsl-utility

This version:

• resorbs* repetitive elements:

  Monday Tuesday Wendsday

    ====> {days: ["Monday", "Tuesday", "Wendsday"] }
  
    *Nota bene: If only 1 element exists, it will be output as-is
  
    <days>
    	<day>Monday</day>
    </days>
  
    ====> {days: {day: "Monday"} }
  

• empty text nodes are transformed to empty strings Monday

    ====> {days: ["", "Monday"] }
  

• numbers are output as integers

• nodes with text equal to "null" are transformed to items with value set to Javascript null

    <days>
    	null
    </days>
  
    ====> {days: null }
  

• arrays: it is possible to explicitly trigger an array by using a tagname defined in <wc:array/>, e.g.

    <node>
    	<item>foo</item>
    </node>
  
    ====>	{"node": ["foo"]}
  

• attributes

    <node id="12"><content>…</content></node>
  
    ====>	{"node": {"@attributes":{"id":"12"}, "content": …}
  

• attributes within arrays:

    <array>
    	<item id="1">A</item>
    	<item id="2">B</item>
    </array>
  
    ====>	{"array": [{"@attributes": {"id":"1"}, "value": "A"},{"@attributes": {"id":"2"}, "value": "B"}]}
  

• attributes on array parents:

    <array id="1">
    	<item>A</item>
    	<item>B</item>
    </array>
  
    ====>	{"array": {"@attributes": {"id":"1"}, "values": ["A","B"]}}