README.md
# Simple XML2JSON Parser
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It does not parse the following elements:
* CDATA sections (*)
* Processing instructions
* XML declarations
* Entity declarations
* Comments
This module uses node-expat which will require extra steps if you want to get it installed on Windows. Please
refer to its [documentation](http://node-xmpp.org/doc/expat.html#installing-on-windows?). Also, please be aware of known issues installing node-expat on Windows: https://github.com/node-xmpp/node-expat/issues?utf8=✓&q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+windows
## Installation
```
$ npm install xml2json
```
## Usage
```javascript
var parser = require('xml2json');
// xml to json
var xml = "<foo>bar</foo>";
var json = parser.toJson(xml); //returns a string containing the JSON structure by default
console.log(json);
// json to xml
var json = {
root: {
name: {'$t': 'John', id:'idx'} // $t for text, and all others will be attributes
}
};
var xml = parser.toXml(json); //returns xml <root><name for="idx">John</name></root>
console.log(xml)
```
## API
```javascript
parser.toJson(xml, options);
```
```javascript
parser.toXml(json);
```
### Options object for `toJson`
Default values:
```javascript
var options = {
object: false,
reversible: false,
coerce: false,
sanitize: true,
trim: true,
arrayNotation: false
};
```
* **object:** Returns a Javascript object instead of a JSON string
* **reversible:** Makes the JSON reversible to XML (*)
* **coerce:** Makes type coercion. i.e.: numbers and booleans present in attributes and element values are converted from string to its correspondent data types. Coerce can be optionally defined as an object with specific methods of coercion based on attribute name or tag name, with fallback to default coercion.
* **trim:** Removes leading and trailing whitespaces as well as line terminators in element values.
* **arrayNotation:** XML child nodes are always treated as arrays
* **sanitize:** Sanitizes the following characters present in element values:
```javascript
var chars = {
'<': '<',
'>': '>',
'(': '(',
')': ')',
'#': '#',
'&': '&',
'"': '"',
"'": '''
};
```
### Options object for `toXml`
Default values:
```javascript
var options = {
sanitize: false
};
```
`sanitize: false` is the default option to behave like previous versions
(*) xml2json tranforms CDATA content to JSON, but it doesn't generate a reversible structure.
## License
(The MIT License)
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