JSON to XML Converter

How the Conversion Works

A JSON object's keys become XML element names wrapping their values; a JSON array's items become repeated sibling elements sharing the array's key as their element name; primitive values become the element's text content, properly escaped.

How to Use It

1. Paste valid JSON.
2. Optionally set a root element name.
3. Click Convert.
4. Copy or download the resulting XML.

Limitations

JSON has no native concept of XML attributes - this converter represents all JSON data as nested elements rather than guessing which fields you'd want as attributes, keeping the mapping predictable.

Example

{ "book": { "title": "Dune", "year": 1965, "tags": ["sci-fi", "classic"] } }

becomes:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
  <book>
    <title>Dune</title>
    <year>1965</year>
    <tags>sci-fi</tags>
    <tags>classic</tags>
  </book>
</root>

The array becomes repeated <tags> elements, which is how XML represents lists.

When You Need XML

• Sending data to a SOAP service or an older enterprise API.
• Building sitemaps, RSS feeds or product feeds from JSON data.
• Feeding data into XSLT transformations or tools that validate against an XSD schema.

Tips

• Rename keys that start with a digit or contain spaces before converting - XML element names cannot.
• Choose a meaningful root element name; XML documents must have exactly one root.
• If a system expects some fields as attributes (<book id="7">), adjust those by hand after converting.

Convert back with XML to JSON. Check your JSON first with the JSON Validator.