Easy XML

Highly configurable Object to XML converter for Node.

Installation

$ npm install easyxml

Usage

var EasyXml = require('easyxml');

var serializer = new EasyXml({
    singularize: true,
    rootElement: 'response',
    dateFormat: 'ISO',
    manifest: true
});

var obj = {
    items: [{
        name: 'one',
        _id: 1
    }, {
        name: 'two',
        _id: 2
    }, {
        name: 'three',
        _id: 3
    }],
    blah: 'http://www.google.com',
    when: new Date(),
    boolz: true,
    nullz: null
};

console.log(serializer.render(obj));

This should output the following XML document:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<response>
  <items>
    <item id="1">
      <name>one</name>
    </item>
    <item id="2">
      <name>two</name>
    </item>
    <item id="3">
      <name>three</name>
    </item>
  </items>
  <blah>http://www.google.com</blah>
  <when>2012-09-25T18:47:39.485Z</when>
  <boolz>true</boolz>
  <nullz />
</response>

Configuration

| Config Setting | Purpose | Default | |---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------| | attributePrefix | JSON with this prefix will be XML attributes instead of elements | '_' | | dateFormat | A date format for JS dates, currently accepts ISO, SQL, JS | 'ISO' | | filterNulls | Should nulls and undefines be removed from the rendered XML | false | | indent | The number of spaces to indent child elements with | 2 | | manifest | Whether or not to add that XML manifest line to the top | false | | rootArray | If the root element is an array, this wraps the XML document | 'items' | | rootElement | A string to wrap around the rendered XML document | 'response'| | singularize | If an array is plural, its children elements will be singular | true | | unwrapArrays | If true will keep array children at parents level | false |

Migration Guide from 1.x to 2.x

• singularizeChildren has been renamed singularize
• allowAttributes has been removed since it was redundant
• unwrappedArrays has been renamed unwrapArrays
• Behavior: XML documents now default to 2 spaces instead of 4
• Behavior: Objects with .toJSON() methods now have that method executed
• Behavior: When using singularize with a pluralized array of objects they now no longer accidentally nest

License

This project is dually licensed under the BSD-3-Clause / GPL-2.0 licenses.