XML to JSON

Turn XML into JSON, keeping attributes (as @attr), handling CDATA and typing values.

Pay by wallet (x402) xml-to-json

Example

Example answer

{
  "json": "test",
  "root_element": "root",
  "element_count": 0,
  "attributes_preserved": false
}

Inputs

Field	Type	Required	What it is
`xml_string`	string	Yes	—

Output fields

How reliably each field appears in a successful answer.

Field	Type	Appears
`json`	object	Always (present in every successful answer)
`root_element`	string	Always (present in every successful answer)
`element_count`	integer	Always (present in every successful answer)
`attributes_preserved`	boolean	Always (present in every successful answer)

How to call it

The same tool through each route. MCP clients reach it through Strale’s server at https://api.strale.io/mcp; the call below is what the agent sends.

# Needs an API key. max_price_cents caps what this call may cost.
curl -X POST https://api.strale.io/v1/do \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STRALE_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "capability_slug": "xml-to-json",
    "inputs": {
      "xml_string": "<root><item>value</item><count>42</count></root>"
    },
    "max_price_cents": 3
  }'

{
  "tool": "strale_execute",
  "arguments": {
    "slug": "xml-to-json",
    "inputs": {
      "xml_string": "<root><item>value</item><count>42</count></root>"
    },
    "max_price_cents": 3
  }
}

import { Strale } from "straleio";

const strale = new Strale({ apiKey: process.env.STRALE_API_KEY! });
const result = await strale.do({
  capability_slug: "xml-to-json",
  inputs: {
    "xml_string": "<root><item>value</item><count>42</count></root>"
  },
  max_price_cents: 3,
});

import os
from straleio import Strale, DoRequest

strale = Strale(api_key=os.environ["STRALE_API_KEY"])
result = strale.do(DoRequest(
    capability_slug="xml-to-json",
    inputs={
        "xml_string": "<root><item>value</item><count>42</count></root>",
    },
    max_price_cents=3,
))

# No account. The first request answers 402 with the price in USDC;
# an x402 client pays it from your wallet and repeats the request.
curl -i 'https://api.strale.io/x402/v2/xml-to-json?xml_string=%3Croot%3E%3Citem%3Evalue%3C%2Fitem%3E%3Ccount%3E42%3C%2Fcount%3E%3C%2Froot%3E'

Limitations

Mixed content can lose its text ordering
Converts standard XML — XML with mixed content (text interleaved with elements) may lose text ordering during conversion
What to do instead: For mixed-content XML, use a streaming parser that preserves text node positions