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RegEX to parse XML to JSON
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// Original from: http://killzonekid.com/worlds-smallest-fastest-xml-to-json-javascript-converter/ | |
// Thanks to Loamhoof for helping get this working! | |
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15675352/regex-convert-xml-to-json/15680000 | |
//Load XML into XML variable | |
var regex = /(<\w+[^<]*?)\s+([\w-]+)="([^"]+)">/; | |
while (xml.match(regex)) xml = xml.replace(regex, '<$2>$3</$2>$1>'); | |
xml = xml.replace(/\s/g, ' '). | |
replace(/< *\?[^>]*?\? *>/g, ''). | |
replace(/< *!--[^>]*?-- *>/g, ''). | |
replace(/< *(\/?) *(\w[\w-]+\b):(\w[\w-]+\b)/g, '<$1$2_$3'). | |
replace(/< *(\w[\w-]+\b)([^>]*?)\/ *>/g, '< $1$2>'). | |
replace(/(\w[\w-]+\b):(\w[\w-]+\b) *= *"([^>]*?)"/g, '$1_$2="$3"'). | |
replace(/< *(\w[\w-]+\b)((?: *\w[\w-]+ *= *" *[^"]*?")+ *)>( *[^< ]*?\b.*?)< *\/ *\1 *>/g, '< $1$2 value="$3">'). | |
replace(/< *(\w[\w-]+\b) *</g, '<$1>< '). | |
replace(/> *>/g, '>'). | |
replace(/"/g, '\\"'). | |
replace(/< *(\w[\w-]+\b) *>([^<>]*?)< *\/ *\1 *>/g, '"$1":"$2",'). | |
replace(/< *(\w[\w-]+\b) *>([^<>]*?)< *\/ *\1 *>/g, '"$1":[{$2}],'). | |
replace(/< *(\w[\w-]+\b) *>(?=("\w[\w-]+\b)":\{.*?\},\2)(.*?)< *\/ *\1 *>/, '"$1":{}$3},'). | |
replace(/],\s*?".*?": *\[/g, ','). | |
replace(/< \/(\w[\w-]+\b)\},\{\1>/g, '},{'). | |
replace(/< *(\w[\w-]+\b)[^>]*?>/g, '"$1":{'). | |
replace(/< *\/ *\w[\w-]+ *>/g, '},'). | |
replace(/\} *,(?= *(\}|\]))/g, '}'). | |
replace(/] *,(?= *(\}|\]))/g, ']'). | |
replace(/" *,(?= *(\}|\]))/g, '"'). | |
replace(/ *, *$/g, ''); | |
xml = '{' + xml + '}'; |
Attach with ASCI character..
First line
var rx = new RegExp(" ", 'g');
xml = xml.replace(rx, "");
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Propose small change. If theare nodes like , it will not work. Shoud add this:
First line:
var regex1 = /<(\w+)\/>/;
And this:
while (xml.match(regex1)) xml = xml.replace(regex1, '<$1></$1>');
before
while (xml.match(regex)) xml = xml.replace(regex, '<$2>$3</$2>$1>');