JSON-to-XML Conversion Tool at onlinexmltools.com

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∟JSON-to-XML Conversion Tool at onlinexmltools.com

This section provides a tutorial example on how to use an online JSON-to-XML conversion tool at onlinexmltools.com. The output XML document is good, only if input JSON document contains well structured data.

With the JSON-to-XML conversion sample provided in the previous tutorial, let's try an online conversion tool and see how it converts the sample JSON document.

1. Go to "json to xml converter" Website at https://onlinexmltools.com/convert-json-to-xml.

2. Copy and paste our JSON document sample, sample.json, to the "json" area on the left.

{
  "dictionary": {
    "word": [
      {
        "update": {
          "date": "2020-01-01"
        },
        "name": {
          "is acronym": true,
          "value": "DTD"
        },
        "definition": "Document Type Definition",
        "origin": null
        
      },
      {
        "update": {
          "date": "1000-01-01"
        },
        "name": {
          "is acronym": false,
          "value": "Dog"
        },
        "definition": "A domesticated carnivorous mammal",
        "origin": "docga"
      }
    ]
  }
}

3. Review the converted XML document in the "xml" area on the right:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<root>
  <dictionary>
    <word>
      <update>
        <date>2020-01-01</date>
      </update>
      <name>
        <is acronym>true</is acronym>
        <value>DTD</value>
      </name>
      <definition>Document Type Definition</definition>
      <origin/>
    </word>
    <word>
      <update>
        <date>1000-01-01</date>
      </update>
      <name>
        <is acronym>false</is acronym>
        <value>Dog</value>
      </name>
      <definition>A domesticated carnivorous mammal</definition>
      <origin>docga</origin>
    </word>
  </dictionary>
</root>

As you can see, this conversion tool uses almost the same conversion rules as I suggested, except that special characters in the JSON property names are not replaced. For example, "is acronym" is used as an XML element name directly, which results an invalid XML document.