What's the best JSON or JS object to XML converter module for Node JS [closed]

Question

I need to build a relatively simple XML document with some hierarchy and some attributes from a JS object. I stand now before choosing one of these modules:

• https://github.com/davidcalhoun/jstoxml
• https://github.com/soldair/node-jsontoxml
• https://github.com/QuickenLoans/node-easyxml
• https://github.com/michaelkourlas/node-js2xmlparser

Which module should I pick?

This question will probably be dismissed as being not a good question, but I don't know how to ask it any differently.

Disclaimer: I posted the same question as an issue on each repository

This is the XML that I want to build:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <orders>     <order>         <order_orderid>123123</order_orderid>         <order_customerid>345345</order_customerid>         <order_senhcode>7604</order_senhcode>         <order_mediacode>qwert</order_mediacode>         <order_totalshippingcost>0</order_totalshippingcost>         <order_paymentmethod>GB</order_paymentmethod>         <order_paymentnumber />         <order_htmltext />         <order_comment />         <shippingmethodid>02</shippingmethodid>         <order_creditcardnumber />         <order_creditcardnameholder />         <order_creditcardexpiredate />         <order_creditcardsafetycode />         <order_gifttext />         <inv_customer>             <inv_customer_addresstypeid />             <inv_customer_gendermale>0</inv_customer_gendermale>             <inv_customer_firstname>qwerty</inv_customer_firstname>             <inv_customer_initials>Q.W.E</inv_customer_initials>             <inv_customer_prename />             <inv_customer_lastname>Qwerty</inv_customer_lastname>             <inv_customer_company>Some company</inv_customer_company>             <inv_customer_street>Postbus</inv_customer_street>             <inv_customer_housenumber>13</inv_customer_housenumber>             <inv_customer_housenumberadditional />             <inv_customer_postalcode>1234 AB</inv_customer_postalcode>             <inv_customer_city>THERE</inv_customer_city>             <inv_customer_isocodecountry>NL</inv_customer_isocodecountry>             <inv_customer_email>[email protected]</inv_customer_email>             <inv_customer_telephone>0168-123456</inv_customer_telephone>             <inv_customer_mobilenr>06-12345678</inv_customer_mobilenr>         </inv_customer>         <orderlines>             <orderline>                 <orderline_orderrecordid>1234</orderline_orderrecordid>                 <orderline_orderid>8765432</orderline_orderid>                 <orderline_articlenr>164-05-366</orderline_articlenr>                 <orderline_quantity>2</orderline_quantity>                 <orderline_productdescription>Some gift voucher</orderline_productdescription>                 <orderline_price>1233</orderline_price>             </orderline>             <orderline>                 <orderline_orderrecordid>5678</orderline_orderrecordid>                 <orderline_orderid>8765432</orderline_orderid>                 <orderline_articlenr>164-05-367</orderline_articlenr>                 <orderline_quantity>3</orderline_quantity>                 <orderline_productdescription>Some other gift voucher</orderline_productdescription>                 <orderline_price>1244</orderline_price>             </orderline>         </orderlines>     </order> </orders> 

Answer 1

I investigated myself

| author        | davidcalhoun | soldair   | QuickenLoans | michaelkourlas | |---------------|--------------|-----------|--------------|----------------| | module        | jstoxml      | node-     | node-        | node-          | |               |              | jsontoxml | easyxml      | js2xmlparser   | | Commits       | 31           | 64        | 39           | 61             | | Recent commit | a year ago   | 2 years ag| 6 months ago | 16 days ago    | | Contributors  | 2            | 7         | 7            | 6              | | Issues        | 16           | 19        | 17           | 15             | | Open Issues   | 7            | 1         | 6            | 1              | | npm install   |  jstoxml     | not found | easyxml      | js2xmlparser   | | Dependencies  | None         | None      | elementtree, | None           | |               |              |           | inflect      |                | | Throws errors | None         | None      | 3            | 12             | 

Then there's the type of objects required to compare

davidcalhoun/jstoxml:

{   "_name": 'foo',   "_content": 'bar',   "_attrs": {     "a": 'b',     "c": 'd'   } } 

soldair/node-jsontoxml: looks complicated

QuickenLoans/easyxml:

items: [{     "name": 'one',     "_id": 1   }, {     "name": 'two',     "_id": 2   } ] 

michaelkourlas/node-js2xmlparser

foo: {   "#": 'bar',   "@": {     a: 'b',     c: 'd'   } } 

I think I'll give michaelkourlas's node-js2xmlparser a shot.

Update: It seems now that there are 2 more worth mentioning:

• chilts/data2xml
• oozcitak/xmlbuilder-js

The latter is by far the most matured and downloaded on npm. It allows you to build XML in one go or iteratively.