XML to JSON converter
Core v2.2.0
The processor converts XML data into JSON format. This is useful
when you need to send scraped data to REST APIs, JavaScript applications, or any system
that expects JSON input. It's the reverse operation of .
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<config xmlns="http://org.webharvest/schema/2.1/core">
<!-- Extract product data as XML -->
<def var="productXml">
<xpath expression="//div[@class='product']">
<html-to-xml>
<http url="https://example.com/products"/>
</html-to-xml>
</xpath>
</def>
<!-- Convert to JSON -->
<def var="productJson">
<xml-to-json>${productXml}</xml-to-json>
</def>
<!-- Save as JSON file -->
<file path="products.json" action="write">
${productJson}
</file>
</config>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<config xmlns="http://org.webharvest/schema/2.1/core">
<!-- Build XML structure -->
<def var="userData">
<template>
<![CDATA[
<user>
<name>John Doe</name>
<email>john@example.com</email>
<age>30</age>
</user>
]]>
</template>
</def>
<!-- Convert to JSON -->
<def var="userJson">
<xml-to-json>${userData}</xml-to-json>
</def>
<!-- POST to API -->
<http url="https://api.example.com/users" method="POST">
<http-header name="Content-Type">application/json</http-header>
<template>${userJson}</template>
</http>
</config>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<config xmlns="http://org.webharvest/schema/2.1/core">
<!-- Scrape product list -->
<def var="products">
<xpath expression="//div[@class='product']">
<html-to-xml>
<http url="https://example.com/products"/>
</html-to-xml>
</xpath>
</def>
<!-- Build XML structure -->
<def var="productsXml">
<template>
<![CDATA[<products>]]>
</template>
</def>
<loop item="product">
${products}
<def var="name"><xpath expression=".//h3/text()">${product}</xpath></def>
<def var="price"><xpath expression=".//span[@class='price']/text()">${product}</xpath></def>
<def var="productsXml" value="${productsXml}">
<template>
<![CDATA[
<product>
<name>${name}</name>
<price>${price}</price>
</product>
]]>
</template>
</def>
</loop>
<def var="productsXml" value="${productsXml}</products>"/>
<!-- Convert entire structure to JSON -->
<def var="productsJson">
<xml-to-json>${productsXml}</xml-to-json>
</def>
<file path="products.json" action="write">
${productsJson}
</file>
</config>