XML to JSON

xml_to_json.py

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
import json

def parse_element(element, namespace, indent=""):
    result = {}

    if element.attrib:
        result['attributes'] = element.attrib

    if element.text and element.text.strip():
        result['text'] = element.text.strip()

    for child in element:
        child_data = parse_element(child, indent + "  ")
        tag = child.tag.replace('{' + f'{namespace}' + '}', '')

        if tag in result:
            if isinstance(result[tag], list):
                result[tag].append(child_data)
            else:
                result[tag] = [result[tag], child_data]
        else:
            result[tag] = child_data

    return result
    
def parse_xml(xml_file):
    tree = ET.parse(xml_file)
    root = tree.getroot()
    return parse_element(root, root.tag.split('}')[0].strip('{'))
    
if __name__=='__main__':
    with open('path to json', 'w') as f:
        json.dump(parse_xml('path to xml'), f, indent=4)