/node-easyxml

Configurable Object to XML converter for Node.js

Primary LanguageJavaScript

Easy XML

Highly configurable Object to XML converter for Node.

Installation

$ npm install easyxml

Usage

var EasyXml = require('easyxml');

var serializer = new EasyXml({
    singularizeChildren: true,
    allowAttributes: true,
    rootElement: 'response',
    dateFormat: 'ISO',
    indent: 2,
    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

  • singularizeChildren: If an array is plural, its children elements will be singular
  • allowAttributes: String attributes starting with _ will be XML attributes
  • attributePrefix: Prefix to look for when creating attributes
  • rootElement: A string to wrap around the rendered XML document
  • rootArray: If the root element is an array, this wraps the XML document. Should be plural
  • dateFormat: A date format for JS dates, currently accepts ISO, SQL, JS
  • indent: A number representing the spaces to indent children, use 0 for no whitespace
  • manifest: Whether or not to add that XML manifest line to the top
  • unwrappedArrays: TODO: Document
  • filterNulls: Should nulls and undefines be removed from the rendered XML

License

This project is licensed under a Dual BSD/GPL license.