xml-to-json-cli

Convert XML to JSON and JSON to XML from the terminal.

Installation

npm install -g xml-to-json-cli

Usage

XML to JSON

# From file
xml-to-json-cli input.xml

# From stdin
cat input.xml | xml-to-json-cli

# Save to file
xml-to-json-cli input.xml -o output.json

JSON to XML

# From file
xml-to-json-cli input.json --reverse

# From stdin
cat input.json | xml-to-json-cli --reverse

# Save to file
xml-to-json-cli input.json --reverse -o output.xml

Options

| Flag | Description | |------|-------------| | --reverse, -r | Convert JSON to XML instead of XML to JSON | | --output, -o | Write output to a file | | --compact, -c | Minified output (no indentation) | | --indent <n> | Indentation spaces (default: 2) | | --version, -V | Show version | | --help, -h | Show help |

Features

• XML to JSON and JSON to XML conversion
• Read from file or stdin
• Pretty-print with configurable indentation
• Compact/minified output mode
• Preserves XML attributes with @_ prefix
• Handles CDATA sections
• Supports XML namespaces
• Validates XML before converting

Examples

Pretty-print with 4-space indent:

xml-to-json-cli data.xml --indent 4

Compact JSON output:

xml-to-json-cli data.xml --compact

Pipe from curl:

curl -s https://example.com/feed.xml | xml-to-json-cli

Round-trip conversion:

xml-to-json-cli input.xml | xml-to-json-cli --reverse

License

MIT