$$xmlparse

Parses an XML and converts it to an object

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

Usage

{ 
  "$$xmlparse": /* XML string */,
  "keep_strings": false /* boolean */,
  "cdata_tag_name": "$content" /* string */,
  "convert_nil_to_null": false /* boolean */,
  "force_list": [] /* string[] */
}

"$$xmlparse([keep_strings],[cdata_tag_name],[convert_nil_to_null],[force_list]):{input}"

note

Concrete values in the usage example are default values.

Returns

object

Arguments

Argument	Type	Values	Required / Default Value	Description
Primary	string		Yes	XML string
keep_strings	boolean	false/true	false	Do not try to detect primitive types (e.g. numbers, boolean, etc)
cdata_tag_name	string		"$content"	A key for the CDATA section
convert_nil_to_null	boolean	false/true	false	If values with attribute xsi:nil="true" will be converted to null
force_list	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": "$",
  "force_list": [
    "hi"
  ]
}

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

Test

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

{
  "$$xmlparse": "$",
  "force_list": [
    "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