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Created December 8, 2017 11:47
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Function that parses xml to json
xmlToJson(xml) {
// Create the return object
let obj = {};
let attribute;
let item;
if (xml.nodeType == 1) {
// element
// do attributes
if (xml.attributes.length > 0) {
obj['@attributes'] = {};
for (let j = 0; j < xml.attributes.length; j += 1) {
attribute = xml.attributes.item(j);
obj['@attributes'][attribute.nodeName] = attribute.nodeValue;
}
}
} else if (xml.nodeType === 3) {
// text
obj = xml.nodeValue;
}
// do children
if (xml.hasChildNodes()) {
for (let i = 0; i < xml.childNodes.length; i += 1) {
item = xml.childNodes.item(i);
const nodeName = item.nodeName;
if (typeof obj[nodeName] === 'undefined') {
obj[nodeName] = this.xmlToJson(item);
} else {
if (typeof obj[nodeName].push === 'undefined') {
const old = obj[nodeName];
obj[nodeName] = [];
obj[nodeName].push(old);
}
obj[nodeName].push(this.xmlToJson(item));
}
}
}
return obj;
}
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