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Parse XML text into JSON for downstream normalization, validation, and reconciliation pipelines

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→ Parse a bank statement XML into JSON for downstream reconciliation.

Output✓

<BankStatement>
  <Account>
    <IBAN>DE89370400440532013000</IBAN>
    <Currency>EUR</Currency>
  </Account>
  <Statement startDate="2026-05-01" endDate="2026-05-31">
    <Balance type="opening" amount="1000.00"/>
    <Balance type="closing" amount="1450.50"/>
    <Transaction>
      <Date>2026-05-15</Date>
      <Amount currency="EUR">500.00</Amount>
      <Description>Salary payment</Description>
      <Reference>SAL-2026-05</Reference>
    </Transaction>
    <Transaction>
      <Date>2026-05-20</Date>
      <Amount currency="EUR">-49.50</Amount>
      <Description>Grocery store</Description>
    </Transaction>
  </Statement>
</BankStatement>
 

Output✓

1{
2  "BankStatement": {
3    "Account": {
4      "IBAN": "DE89370400440532013000",
5      "Currency": "EUR"
6    },
7    "Statement": {
8      "@startDate": "2026-05-01",
9      "@endDate": "2026-05-31",
10      "Balance": [
11        {
12          "@type": "opening",
13          "@amount": 1000
14        },
15        {
16          "@type": "closing",
17          "@amount": 1450.5
18        }
19      ],
20      "Transaction": [
21        {
22          "Date": "2026-05-15",
23          "Amount": {
24            "@currency": "EUR",
25            "#text": 500
26          },
27          "Description": "Salary payment",
28          "Reference": "SAL-2026-05"
29        },
30        {
31          "Date": "2026-05-20",
32          "Amount": {
33            "@currency": "EUR",
34            "#text": -49.5
35          },
36          "Description": "Grocery store"
37        }
38      ]
39    }
40  }
41}

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XML to JSON

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Description

XML to JSON

Parse XML text into JSON. Designed as an ingress adapter for the ForgeJSON pipeline — once XML is JSON, every downstream utility (pick fields, validate schema, normalize, diff, redact) operates on it natively. Runs locally in your browser; no upload.

How It Works

Pastes raw XML in, gets a JSON tree out. Attributes become @attrName keys on the element. Numeric and boolean text content is coerced to native JSON types. Multi-child siblings with the same tag name are grouped into arrays.

This utility intentionally ships parse-only. It is not an XML platform: no XPath selectors, no XSD validation, no JSON-to-XML round-trip. The pipeline does the work after parsing.

Configuration

Field	Type	Default	Description
Preserve Attributes	boolean	`true`	Keep XML attributes as `@attrName` keys in the JSON output
Coerce Values	boolean	`true`	Convert numeric and boolean text into native JSON types
Array Mode	enum	`auto`	`auto` = multi-child siblings become arrays. `always` = force every non-root element into an array (handy when downstream pipelines expect `transactions[]` even for one-transaction accounts)

Use Cases

Banking & Fintech

ISO 20022 / camt.053 statements: Parse SEPA / SWIFT statement XML into a JSON tree, then pick fields, normalize dates and amounts, and validate the downstream contract
Payment gateway reports: Adyen, Worldpay, and legacy gateway XML reports
Reconciliation feeds: Normalize multi-source XML into a comparable JSON shape for diff workflows

Enterprise Integration

SOAP responses: Strip SOAP envelopes, keep the payload as JSON for modern APIs
Legacy ERP / CRM exports: Convert XML-based exports into JSON for downstream warehouses, analytics, and AI tooling
EDI-adjacent formats: When EDI documents are XML-wrapped, this is the entry point

Common Pipeline Patterns

XML string
  → convert.xml-to-json
  → structure.pick-fields    (extract canonical shape)
  → convert.format-values    (coerce amounts to numbers, dates to ISO 8601)
  → validation.schema        (assert downstream contract)

Notes on XML Array Ambiguity

XML's notorious singular-vs-array ambiguity ( parses as txn: {} instead of txn: [{}]) makes downstream pipelines brittle. Use arrayMode: always when you want force-array behavior on every non-root element. A future release may add path-targeted force-array configuration for finer control.

Configuration

Name	Type	Default	Description
Preserve Attributes	`boolean`	`true`	Keep XML attributes as `@attrName` keys in the JSON output (disable to drop them entirely)
Array Mode	`enum`	`auto`	auto: multi-child siblings become arrays, single children stay as objects. always: force every non-root element into an array — useful when downstream pipelines expect transactions[] even for accounts with one transaction. `auto` `always`
Coerce Values	`boolean`	`true`	Convert numeric and boolean text into native JSON types (disable to keep all values as strings)

Examples

AI Prompt

Parse a bank statement XML into JSON for downstream reconciliation.

Output✓

<BankStatement>
  <Account>
    <IBAN>DE89370400440532013000</IBAN>
    <Currency>EUR</Currency>
  </Account>
  <Statement startDate="2026-05-01" endDate="2026-05-31">
    <Balance type="opening" amount="1000.00"/>
    <Balance type="closing" amount="1450.50"/>
    <Transaction>
      <Date>2026-05-15</Date>
      <Amount currency="EUR">500.00</Amount>
      <Description>Salary payment</Description>
      <Reference>SAL-2026-05</Reference>
    </Transaction>
    <Transaction>
      <Date>2026-05-20</Date>
      <Amount currency="EUR">-49.50</Amount>
      <Description>Grocery store</Description>
    </Transaction>
  </Statement>
</BankStatement>
 

Output✓

1{
2  "BankStatement": {
3    "Account": {
4      "IBAN": "DE89370400440532013000",
5      "Currency": "EUR"
6    },
7    "Statement": {
8      "@startDate": "2026-05-01",
9      "@endDate": "2026-05-31",
10      "Balance": [
11        {
12          "@type": "opening",
13          "@amount": 1000
14        },
15        {
16          "@type": "closing",
17          "@amount": 1450.5
18        }
19      ],
20      "Transaction": [
21        {
22          "Date": "2026-05-15",
23          "Amount": {
24            "@currency": "EUR",
25            "#text": 500
26          },
27          "Description": "Salary payment",
28          "Reference": "SAL-2026-05"
29        },
30        {
31          "Date": "2026-05-20",
32          "Amount": {
33            "@currency": "EUR",
34            "#text": -49.5
35          },
36          "Description": "Grocery store"
37        }
38      ]
39    }
40  }
41}

Config

Preserve Attributes

Array Mode

auto

Coerce Values

API Usage

POST /api/v1/utilities/convert.xml-to-json

Example:

curl -X POST https://your-domain.com/api/v1/utilities/convert.xml-to-json \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"inputs":{"primary":"<BankStatement>\n  <Account>\n    <IBAN>DE89370400440532013000</IBAN>\n    <Currency>EUR</Currency>\n  </Account>\n  <Statement startDate=\"2026-05-01\" endDate=\"2026-05-31\">\n    <Balance type=\"opening\" amount=\"1000.00\"/>\n    <Balance type=\"closing\" amount=\"1450.50\"/>\n    <Transaction>\n      <Date>2026-05-15</Date>\n      <Amount currency=\"EUR\">500.00</Amount>\n      <Description>Salary payment</Description>\n      <Reference>SAL-2026-05</Reference>\n    </Transaction>\n    <Transaction>\n      <Date>2026-05-20</Date>\n      <Amount currency=\"EUR\">-49.50</Amount>\n      <Description>Grocery store</Description>\n    </Transaction>\n  </Statement>\n</BankStatement>\n"},"config":{"preserveAttributes":true,"parseValues":true,"arrayMode":"auto"}}'

Response

1{
2  "BankStatement": {
3    "Account": {
4      "IBAN": "DE89370400440532013000",
5      "Currency": "EUR"
6    },
7    "Statement": {
8      "@startDate": "2026-05-01",
9      "@endDate": "2026-05-31",
10      "Balance": [
11        {
12          "@type": "opening",
13          "@amount": 1000
14        },
15        {
16          "@type": "closing",
17          "@amount": 1450.5
18        }
19      ],
20      "Transaction": [
21        {
22          "Date": "2026-05-15",
23          "Amount": {
24            "@currency": "EUR",
25            "#text": 500
26          },
27          "Description": "Salary payment",
28          "Reference": "SAL-2026-05"
29        },
30        {
31          "Date": "2026-05-20",
32          "Amount": {
33            "@currency": "EUR",
34            "#text": -49.5
35          },
36          "Description": "Grocery store"
37        }
38      ]
39    }
40  }
41}

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Description

XML to JSON

How It Works

Configuration

Use Cases

Banking & Fintech

Enterprise Integration

Common Pipeline Patterns

Notes on XML Array Ambiguity

Configuration

Examples

API Usage

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