Getting nice JSON out of node-xml / object parse --hack

xml2json.js

// Assumes that it is in /node-xml2object/lib
// if otherwise, change the require

var sys        = require('sys'),
    xml2object = require('./xml2object');
var xml = '<ListBucketResult><Name>bucket</Name><Prefix/><Marker/><MaxKeys>1000</MaxKeys><IsTruncated>false</IsTruncated><Contents><Key>my-image.jpg</Key><LastModified>2009-10-12T17:50:30.000Z</LastModified><ETag>&quot;fba9dede5f27731c9771645a39863328&quot;</ETag><Size>434234</Size><StorageClass>STANDARD</StorageClass><Owner><ID>8a6925ce4a7f21c32aa379004fef</ID><DisplayName>[email protected]</DisplayName></Owner></Contents><Contents><Key>my-third-image.jpg</Key><LastModified>2009-10-12T17:50:30.000Z</LastModified><ETag>&quot;1b2cf535f27731c974343645a3985328&quot;</ETag><Size>64994</Size><StorageClass>STANDARD</StorageClass><Owner><ID>8a69b1ddee97f21c32aa379004fef</ID><DisplayName>[email protected]</DisplayName></Owner></Contents></ListBucketResult>'
var indexes_to_array = function(o){
  var arr = [];
  for( index in o ){
    arr = arr.concat(Array(o[index]));
  }
  return arr;
}

var obj_wo_functions = function(obj){
  var result = {};
  for (node in obj){
    if(typeof(obj[node]) == 'function'){
      // ignore functions like the plague
    }
    else if(obj[node].push){
      indexed_obj = obj_wo_functions(obj[node]);
      result[node] = indexes_to_array(indexed_obj);
    }
    else if(typeof(obj[node]) == 'object'){
      result[node] = obj_wo_functions(obj[node]);
    }
    else {
      result[node] = obj[node];
    }
  }
  return result;
}

var err_callback = function(smt, obj){
  parsed_nice_JSON = obj_wo_functions(obj.ListBucketResult)
  sys.puts(sys.inspect(parsed_nice_JSON));
}
var response = xml2object.parseString(xml, err_callback);
if(response){
  response.addCallback(function(obj) {
    sys.puts(obj.ListBucketResult.Name);
  });
}