Does formatting change my XML?

Elements, attributes and text are unchanged; only indentation and line breaks between tags are adjusted. Mixed-content elements stay on one line so no extra whitespace is inserted into text. If your document depends on whitespace between tags (for example xml:space="preserve"), keep the original.

How is XML converted to JSON?

Each element becomes a JSON key; attributes are written as "@name" and text as "#text"; repeated child elements are collected into an array; text-only elements without attributes become plain strings, and empty elements become null. With type conversion on, text such as "42" or "true" becomes a number or boolean.

Why does it say my XML is not well-formed?

XML is strict: every start tag needs a matching, correctly nested end tag, attribute values must be quoted, there can be only one root element, and & and < in text must be written as & and <. The reported line and column show where the parser noticed the problem, which is usually at or just after the mistake.

No. Formatting, validation and conversion all happen locally in your browser, so API payloads and configuration files never leave your computer.

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Q: Is my data uploaded?

No. Formatting, validation and conversion all happen locally in your browser, so API payloads and configuration files never leave your computer.

XML from API responses, SOAP envelopes, Android layouts, Maven pom.xml files, RSS feeds or logs often arrives squeezed onto one line. Paste it here for neatly indented XML: one element per line, text-only elements kept on a single line, mixed content such as <p>Hello <b>world</b></p> preserved intact, and comments, CDATA sections, processing instructions and DOCTYPE left untouched; elements with many attributes can list one attribute per line. Minify removes whitespace between tags (and optionally comments) and shows the size before and after. The browser's built-in XML parser validates your document as you type, pointing to the line and column of mismatched tags, unquoted attributes or illegal characters. You can also convert XML to JSON — attributes become "@name", text becomes "#text", repeated elements become arrays and numbers or booleans can be typed automatically — or turn JSON back into XML.

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How to use XML Formatter

1Choose Beautify, Minify, XML → JSON or JSON → XML
2Paste XML (or JSON) and set indent, attribute wrapping and comment options
3Check the validation result, then copy or download the output

FAQ

Does formatting change my XML?: Elements, attributes and text are unchanged; only indentation and line breaks between tags are adjusted. Mixed-content elements stay on one line so no extra whitespace is inserted into text. If your document depends on whitespace between tags (for example xml:space="preserve"), keep the original.
How is XML converted to JSON?: Each element becomes a JSON key; attributes are written as "@name" and text as "#text"; repeated child elements are collected into an array; text-only elements without attributes become plain strings, and empty elements become null. With type conversion on, text such as "42" or "true" becomes a number or boolean.
Why does it say my XML is not well-formed?: XML is strict: every start tag needs a matching, correctly nested end tag, attribute values must be quoted, there can be only one root element, and & and < in text must be written as & and <. The reported line and column show where the parser noticed the problem, which is usually at or just after the mistake.
Is my data uploaded?: No. Formatting, validation and conversion all happen locally in your browser, so API payloads and configuration files never leave your computer.