Convert between XML and JSON online

How it works

1. 1

   Choose XML to JSON or JSON to XML.

2. 2

   Paste your XML or JSON.

3. 3

   Press the direction button.

4. 4

   Copy the converted result.

About the XML ↔ JSON

Older APIs, RSS feeds and enterprise systems still speak XML, while modern code expects JSON. This converter parses XML with the browser's built-in parser and maps it to JSON using a common convention: attributes become keys starting with @, text next to attributes becomes #text, and repeated elements become arrays. JSON in the same shape can be converted back to XML.

What you can do

• Convert XML to indented JSON and JSON back to XML.
• Keep attributes as @name keys and mixed text as #text.
• Group repeated child elements, such as several item tags, into arrays.
• Report invalid XML instead of producing partial output.
• Escape &, <, >, quotes and apostrophes when writing XML.

When it works best

• Reading an RSS or Atom feed in a script that expects JSON.
• Inspecting a SOAP or legacy API response in a friendlier format.
• Producing a small XML payload from JSON for a system that only accepts XML.

Things to know

• Parsing happens locally in your browser.
• All values become strings, so numbers and booleans are not typed. A single child stays an object while two or more become an array, which can change shape between documents.
• JSON to XML needs exactly one root key and outputs one line; run it through the XML Formatter to indent it.
• Comments and processing instructions are dropped, and namespace declarations are treated like ordinary @ attributes.

Frequently asked questions