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JSON to XML

Turn JSON or JSON Lines into verified XML without uploading your data. Choose readable natural XML, an @attribute/#text API convention, or a lossless typed profile that can reconstruct the original JSON exactly.

VerifiedXML is parsed again before download
JSON / JSON Lines input
Paste JSON or drop files
Drop JSON / JSONL / NDJSON files here, or
Verified XML output
Waiting for input
Generated XML is parsed again locally. Lossless mode also reconstructs and compares the original JSON structure.
Documents—
Objects—
Arrays—
Scalars—
XML elements—
Fallback keys—
Long integers—
XML size—

Verification & conversion audit

The converter exposes mapping decisions that generic one-click tools often hide.

Mapping signals

Warnings and useful details for interoperability, reversibility and XML naming.

Run a conversion to inspect the mapping

Batch files

No files queued.

XML mapping controls

Natural and convention profiles use these names. Lossless mode intentionally fixes its vocabulary so the original JSON is exactly recoverable.

Live mapping preview

A sample of JSON paths and their intended XML destinations. This is a mapping aid, not an XSD.

JSON pathXML destinationType
Convert data to populate the preview.

Three profiles for three different jobs

Natural XML

Readable XML for APIs, config files and human inspection. JSON keys become elements; unsafe XML names fall back without losing the original key.

@attributes + #text

Use JSON keys such as @id and #text when your destination XML needs attributes or mixed-style element content.

Lossless typed XML

Uses a small typed XML vocabulary for objects, arrays, numbers, strings, booleans and null. Exact JSON types, key order and long numeric tokens are preserved.

JSON → XML with explicit mapping rules

JSON and XML do not have a one-to-one structural mapping. JSON has arrays and primitive types; XML has element names, attributes, namespaces and text nodes. A trustworthy converter therefore needs to tell you which mapping it is using instead of pretending there is one universally correct XML result.

Quick start

  • Paste JSON, JSON Lines or drop one or more files.
  • Use Natural XML for readable XML and common integrations.
  • Use @attributes + #text when your JSON already encodes XML intent, for example {"@id":"A1","#text":"Hello"}.
  • Use Lossless typed XML when exact reversibility matters more than pretty element names.
  • Review the audit and mapping preview, then copy or download only after verification succeeds.

Why lossless mode exists

{
  "000 key": 900719925474099312345,
  "tags": ["a", "b"],
  "active": true,
  "empty": null
}

→ typed XML keeps the exact key, array boundary,
boolean/null types and every digit of the large integer.

Natural XML naming

Keys that are safe XML QNames become element names. A key such as display name, 123code or an undeclared api:value cannot safely become a direct XML tag. Instead of silently rewriting the key, this tool emits the configured fallback element and stores the original key in a key attribute.

Arrays

Repeat sibling elements is compact and common in APIs. Container + item keeps an explicit array wrapper and is often clearer when empty arrays or nested lists matter. Lossless mode always encodes array boundaries explicitly.

Nulls

Natural/convention mode can produce an empty element, omit the field, or write xsi:nil="true". Those choices are semantically different. Lossless mode always has an explicit typed null element.

Namespaces

Declare prefixes in Mapping lab before using prefixed root, element or attribute names. Undeclared prefixes are never emitted. This prevents output that looks like XML but fails namespace-aware parsers.

Safety and privacy

Conversion, audit, verification and ZIP creation run in the browser. XML special characters are escaped, XML 1.0-illegal control characters are rejected with a clear error, duplicate JSON keys are rejected instead of overwritten, and unsafe integer tokens are never forced through JavaScript floating-point numbers.

Limits

Natural XML is intentionally opinionated and is not automatically reversible unless your downstream system knows the same conventions. This tool does not infer an enterprise XSD or transform against an existing schema. For complex schema-to-schema mapping, XSLT generation or multi-source ETL, dedicated mapping software remains appropriate.