What happens to JSON arrays?

Array items become repeated elements inside the parent element. For example a JSON array [1,2,3] becomes 1 2 3 .

JSON to XML

Converts JSON to well-formed XML. Special characters are escaped automatically.

Root tag:

Input JSON

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XML Output

Paste JSON on the left to convert to XML

Example: {"name": "Ravi", "city": "Surat"}

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Example Conversion

JSON:

json

{
  "user": {
    "name": "Ravi Mehta",
    "age": 28,
    "roles": ["admin", "editor"]
  }
}

XML (root tag: root):

xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
  <user>
    <name>Ravi Mehta</name>
    <age>28</age>
    <roles>
      <item>admin</item>
      <item>editor</item>
    </roles>
  </user>
</root>

JSON vs XML — Key Differences

Feature	JSON	XML
Readability	Good	Verbose
File size	Smaller	Larger
Comments	No	Yes
Attributes	No	Yes
Namespaces	No	Yes
Schema	JSON Schema	XSD, DTD
Best for	REST APIs	SOAP, RSS, Office

Special Character Escaping

XML has five reserved characters that must be escaped inside element content. JSONKit handles all escaping automatically:

Character	Escaped as
&	&
<	<
>	>
"	"
'	'

When to Use XML

▸SOAP web services — Enterprise APIs that use SOAP protocol require XML payloads
▸RSS and Atom feeds — All RSS and Atom feed formats are XML-based
▸Microsoft Office — DOCX, XLSX and PPTX files are zipped XML documents internally
▸Legacy enterprise — Many banking and government systems only accept XML
▸SVG graphics — SVG vector graphics are XML — convert JSON shape data to SVG

Frequently Asked Questions

Every XML document must have exactly one root element. JSONKit wraps all content in a configurable root tag (default: 'root'). Change it in the input field in the page header.

Array items become repeated <item> elements inside the parent element. For example a JSON array [1,2,3] becomes <parent><item>1</item><item>2</item><item>3</item></parent>.

Not on this page. XML to JSON conversion is a planned feature. For now, use an external XML parser.

XML element names must start with a letter and can only contain letters, digits, hyphens, underscores and periods. Invalid characters are automatically replaced with underscores.