JSON to XML Converter

How to convert JSON to XML

1. Paste JSON into the left box, drop a .json file on it, or press Upload. JSON errors are reported with their line and column; format and validate the JSON first if it came from a messy source.
2. The XML appears on the right as you type, indented with 2 spaces.
3. Adjust the attribute prefix, text key, root and array item names if your JSON uses different conventions, and choose whether to add the <?xml?> declaration.
4. Copy the XML or Download .xml.

How JSON maps to XML

This is the same convention the XML to JSON converter uses, so you can convert XML to JSON, edit it, and convert it back.

JSON to XML example

An order with attributes, a repeated element and a text-plus-attribute value:

{
  "order": {
    "@_id": "A-17",
    "customer": "Ada Lovelace",
    "item": [
      { "@_sku": "P1", "name": "Fountain pen", "qty": 1 },
      { "@_sku": "I9", "name": "Ink & cartridges", "qty": 3 }
    ],
    "total": { "@_currency": "USD", "#text": 42.5 },
    "gift": true,
    "note": null
  }
}

converts to:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<order id="A-17">
  <customer>Ada Lovelace</customer>
  <item sku="P1">
    <name>Fountain pen</name>
    <qty>1</qty>
  </item>
  <item sku="I9">
    <name>Ink &amp; cartridges</name>
    <qty>3</qty>
  </item>
  <total currency="USD">42.5</total>
  <gift>true</gift>
  <note/>
</order>

The & in the item name is escaped as &, null became <note/>, and the two items became two <item> elements.

Root element and top-level arrays

An XML document must have a single root element. When the JSON is an object with one key, that key is used; otherwise the converter adds a root. A top-level array is wrapped in the root, with one element per item. With Root set to products and Array item set to product:

[
  { "id": 1, "name": "Pen" },
  { "id": 2, "name": "Ink" }
]

<products>
  <product>
    <id>1</id>
    <name>Pen</name>
  </product>
  <product>
    <id>2</id>
    <name>Ink</name>
  </product>
</products>

Keys that are not valid XML names

JSON keys can be any string, but XML names can't start with a digit or contain spaces and most punctuation. Invalid characters become underscores, and names that start with a digit get a leading underscore:

{ "user": { "first name": "Ada", "2fa": true, "e-mail": "[email protected]" } }

<user>
  <first_name>Ada</first_name>
  <_2fa>true</_2fa>
  <e-mail>[email protected]</e-mail>
</user>

Hyphens, dots and namespace prefixes such as dc:title are allowed and kept as they are.

Escaping and special characters

Text is escaped so the XML is always well-formed: & → &, < → <, > → >, and double quotes in attribute values → ". Accented letters and emoji are written as they are, since the document is UTF-8. Control characters that XML 1.0 forbids are removed, and the status line tells you when that happens.

Working with a large, deeply nested JSON file? Browse it in the JSON viewer first to decide which parts to keep.

Frequently asked questions