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XML to JSON

Convert XML — pasted or from a file — into clean, readable JSON.

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XML to JSON works straight from this page — free, instant, nothing to install. It sits under JSON, XML & formats in our catalogue, alongside JSON to XML converter and XML sitemap generator.

How to use it

  1. Open the tool — no signup or install needed.
  2. Enter your input or adjust the available options.
  3. Get your result instantly, then copy or download it.

Frequently asked questions

What is XML to JSON?

Convert XML — pasted or from a file — into clean, readable JSON.

When would I actually use this?

Making a machine-generated blob readable, finding the character where a parse fails, and shrinking a file before it ships.

What is the most common mistake?

Assuming valid means correct. A document can parse cleanly and still have the wrong shape for whatever will read it — validation checks the syntax, not the schema.

How is XML to JSON different from JSON to XML converter?

They sit next to each other but answer different questions. JSON to XML converter: convert a JSON object into formatted XML. Pick whichever matches what you're starting from — both are free.

Is there a tool for the next step?

XML sitemap generator is the closest one after this: Generate a valid XML sitemap for search engines from a simple list of pages. Each line is a URL — relative paths are resolved against your site URL — and you can append a lastmod date, a changefreq and a priority per row, or set sensible defaults for all of them. Output is standards-compliant urlset XML, ready to publish.

What else is worth having open alongside it?

XML Formatter / Validator and CSV to JSON converter — they come up in the same task often enough to be worth a second tab.

Where do the figures come from?

Parsing and serialisation follow each format's specification. Key order and whitespace are not semantically meaningful in JSON or YAML, so a reformatted document is equivalent even when the bytes differ.

Further reading

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ExplainerXML to JSON: Attributes, Repetition, and the Single-Element Array TrapTwo documents that differ only in how many children exist produce two different JSON shapes, and no converter can tell them apart without a schema. Plus what this one really does with attributes, mixed content and whitespace — and the one thing it still cannot record.ComparisonJSON vs XML: What's the Difference?JSON and XML both store structured data as text, but they trade off differently. Here's how each looks, where each wins, and how to choose.ExplainerYAML Looks Friendly and BitesYAML is JSON plus a type-inference layer, and the inference is the dangerous part. The same file run through a YAML 1.2 parser and a YAML 1.1 parser: no is a string in one and false in the other, 01234 is 1234 in one and 668 in the other, and 12:30:00 is a number in one of them.ExplainerJSON to CSV When the Structure Is Nested: Why There Is No Right AnswerThe same two orders come out as five columns from one converter and ten from another, and neither is wrong. Dotted paths, arrays of scalars, arrays of objects and records with different keys — four decisions, made for you, usually silently.ExplainerCSV to JSON: The Five Cases That Break Every ConverterQuoted delimiters, embedded newlines, ambiguous types, duplicate headers and encoding. Each one was run through the converter and the exact output is printed here — including the two cases it does not rescue.ExplainerJSON Is Simpler Than You Think, and That Is the ProblemJSON has no integer type, no date type, no comments and no schema. Every one of those absences produces a specific bug: a 19-digit ID comes back off by 21, a timestamp becomes a string nobody agreed on, NaN cannot be written down, and duplicate keys are legal. All of it run, in two languages.