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# 1  
Old 05-14-2015
Convert json to xml
Hello everyone,

I have created a workflow that will pull down data via a RESTful API in JSON, then my code parses and modifies said data. The problem I have is that these APIs I am working with only accept XML to PUT/POST data, and I am looking for an easy way to convert my JSON file to XML.

I did a search on the forums here and google searched a bit and did not find a solution to my problem yet. My preferred language is shell/bash, and while I did find some Python code that does this, my whole work flow is written in shell and uses jq.

Any ideas on how to convert a JSON file to XML in bash? I am hoping I don't have to build the XML on the fly and can just convert it.

I am working on OS X and Debian Wheezy and Ubuntu 14 if that matters. My computer is a Mac that has several VMs of Linux running.
# 2  
Old 05-15-2015
If you can install PHP you may try this its easy


PHP Code:
[akshay@localhost JSON2XML]$ cat test.php
<?php

/**
 * Convert JSON to XML
 * @param string    - json
 * @return string   - XML
 */
function json_to_xml($json)
{
    include_once("XML/Serializer.php");

    $options = array (
      'addDecl' => TRUE,
      'encoding' => 'UTF-8',
      'indent' => '  ',
      'rootName' => 'json',
      'mode' => 'simplexml'
    );

    $serializer = new XML_Serializer($options);
    $obj = json_decode($json);
    if ($serializer->serialize($obj)) {
        return $serializer->getSerializedData();
    } else {
        return null;
    }
}



$sample = <<<EOF
{"menu": {
  "id": "file",
  "value": "File",
  "popup": {
    "menuitem": [
      {"value": "New", "onclick": "CreateNewDoc()"},
      {"value": "Open", "onclick": "OpenDoc()"},
      {"value": "Close", "onclick": "CloseDoc()"}
    ]
  }
}}
EOF;


    echo json_to_xml($sample);
?>
PHP Code:
[akshay@localhost JSON2XML]$ php test.php
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<json>
  <menu>
    <id>file</id>
    <value>File</value>
    <popup>
      <menuitem>
        <value>New</value>
        <onclick>CreateNewDoc()</onclick>
      </menuitem>
      <menuitem>
        <value>Open</value>
        <onclick>OpenDoc()</onclick>
      </menuitem>
      <menuitem>
        <value>Close</value>
        <onclick>CloseDoc()</onclick>
      </menuitem>
    </popup>
  </menu>
</json>

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# 3  
Old 05-16-2015
There are a number of Python libraries than will convert JSON to XML
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