XML to JSON Converter

Modernize XML feeds and exports into developer-friendly JSON. Free in your browser — no sign-up, no watermarks.

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🔍 How your file is processed

Runs: In your browser on this page
Engine: In-browser JavaScript converters with no external libraries (XML parsing uses the browser's built-in DOMParser)
Max input: 512 MB per file (or paste text directly)
Your file: Processed in this browser tab — the file is not uploaded. Converted results are kept in this browser's local storage for up to two hours so their matching download page can show them; expired results are removed on the next site visit. Nothing is stored on our servers.
Good to know: Format limits apply: nested JSON values are embedded as JSON text inside a single CSV cell (not expanded into columns), and CSV values are always imported as text — no number or boolean detection is attempted.

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How to convert XML to JSON

Click Choose files (or drag & drop) and select one or more XML files. You can also paste the input text directly into the box below the uploader.
Review the options (delimiter is auto-detected for CSV) — usually the defaults are exactly right.
Press Convert to JSON. Each file is converted with a live progress indicator.
Open the download page to save your files individually or grab everything as a single ZIP.

Why convert XML to JSON?

Legacy systems, RSS feeds and enterprise software speak XML; modern code wants JSON. This converter maps elements, attributes and text content into a predictable JSON structure you can consume immediately — attributes are prefixed with @ so nothing is lost in translation.

What this tool preserves — and what it changes

✓ Preserved

Attributes as '@'-prefixed keys and element text as values — the exact convention our JSON to XML tool reads back
Repetition structure: repeated sibling elements become a JSON array automatically
CDATA sections, which are read as ordinary text content

↺ Changed

Every value arrives as a string — XML is untyped, so numbers and booleans are yours to cast downstream
Elements mixing text with children or attributes keep their text under a '#text' key
Output is pretty-printed JSON (2-space indent)

Known limits & edge cases

Parsing uses the browser's built-in DOMParser, so malformed XML is refused with an error — never 'repaired' into wrong data
Comments and processing instructions are dropped; JSON has no equivalent for them
Namespace prefixes stay in the key names (e.g. 'atom:link') — they are kept literally, not resolved

Engine: In-browser JavaScript converters with no external libraries (XML parsing uses the browser's built-in DOMParser). These statements describe the engine as shipped on 2026-10-02 — behaviour changes are recorded in the changelog.

About the formats

What is an XML file?

XML is a markup language for structured data that predates JSON and still powers enterprise systems, RSS feeds, sitemaps, invoices (e-invoicing), Office documents and countless integrations. It is verbose but very expressive, with attributes and namespaces. Converting XML to JSON makes legacy data easy to use in modern apps, and the reverse produces feeds older systems expect.

What is a JSON file?

JSON is the standard data format of the modern web. APIs, config files and databases exchange structured data as JSON because it is human-readable, supports nesting, and maps directly to objects in every programming language. Converting between JSON and CSV, XML or YAML is everyday work for developers, analysts and anyone wiring two systems together.

XML vs JSON at a glance

	XML	JSON
Type	Structured data	Structured data
Compression	Text	Text
Typical use	Enterprise data, feeds, invoices	APIs, configuration, data exchange

Translating the enterprise dialect

XML still arrives daily from where it never left: SOAP services, RSS feeds, sitemaps, invoice standards, government data, decades of enterprise exports. Modern code, meanwhile, wants JSON. This converter parses well-formed XML and produces the JSON equivalent — elements become keys, repeated elements become arrays — turning a verbose legacy payload into something JavaScript, Python and every modern API tool reads natively.

The mapping is honest about XML’s quirks. XML distinguishes attributes from child elements and JSON doesn’t, so attributes are carried with a marker convention; check once how yours landed before writing code against the output. Mixed content (text tangled with tags, common in document-style XML) translates less cleanly by nature — data-style XML, which is what feeds and services emit, converts beautifully.

Frequently asked questions

Is this XML to JSON converter free?

Yes — completely free, with no sign-up, no watermarks and no daily quota. Processing happens in this browser, so the practical limit is the memory available on your device.

Can I convert multiple XML files at once?

Yes. Select or drop as many files as you like — each one is converted in sequence with its own progress status, and you can download the results individually or all together as a ZIP archive.