XML to JSON Converter — Free Online XML to JSON Conversion Tool
Convert XML to JSON format — parse XML element trees into JSON objects and arrays.
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XML to JSON Conversion for Modern APIs
Converting XML to JSON is a common task when integrating legacy systems with modern APIs. SOAP web services, RSS feeds, sitemap files, Android string resources, and many enterprise systems use XML. Transforming these to JSON makes the data accessible to JavaScript frontends, REST APIs, and JSON-native databases.
The conversion algorithm traverses the XML DOM tree recursively. Each element becomes a JSON key. Leaf elements (no children) become string values. Elements with children become nested objects. When multiple sibling elements share a tag name, they're combined into a JSON array — this handles lists, collections, and repeated records.
XML features without JSON equivalents — attributes, processing instructions, CDATA sections, comments, and namespaces — have varying handling. Text content from CDATA sections is included. XML comments are stripped. This converter handles the common structural conversion pattern used in data integration and API migration projects.
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