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.