aishwar/xml-pretty-print

An XML pretty printer in Javascript. Can run on node.js.

Xml Pretty Print

This is quick and dirty Xml Pretty Printer

Description:

<a>This is a sample</a><b>This is a second element</b>

will get converted to

<a>
  This is a sample
</a>
<b>
  This is a second element
</b>

Usage

var prettify = require('./xml-prettify').prettify;

// Single line
var output = prettify('<a>This is a sample</a>');
console.log(output);

// A whole file
var output = prettify(require('fs').readFileSync('sample.xml'))
require('fs').writeFileSync('sample.pretty.xml', output);

Options:

prettify.TAB: the string equivalent of a single indent

To set tabs for indentation:

var prettify = require('./xml-prettify').prettify
prettify.TAB = '\t'
prettify('<a>This is a sample</a>')

To set 2 spaces for indentation:

var prettify = require('./xml-prettify').prettify
prettify.TAB = '  '
prettify('<a>This is a sample</a>')

prettify.WARN: should a warning message be printed to the console if xml input is malformed