JSON to XML | Convertigo Documentation

Creates an XML attribute node based on a JavaScript expression.

The JSON to XML step adds an typed XML structure node to the parent generated XML element in the sequence XML output.
The resulting from this step can be output in the response XML of the sequence if the Output property is set to true, or used as a source by any other following step.

Property	Type	Category	Description
Comment	String	standard	Describes the object comment to include in the documentation report. This property generally contains an explanation about the object.
Is active	boolean	standard	Defines whether the step is active.
JSON Object	SmartType	standard	Defines an object from the JS scope or parse a JSON String that will be transformed to an XML typed structure. This property is a “smart type” property, that allows to specify the key. A “smart type” property can be of one of the following types: • a text: the value is therefore a hard-coded text value, • a JavaScript expression: the value is therefore a JavaScript expression that is evaluated at sequence execution, • a source: the value is a source and can be picked using the source picker. A source is defined as a reference on a step previously existing in the parent sequence, associated with an XPath applied on the step’s result DOM. At runtime, the XPath is applied on the step’s current execution result XML and extracts a list of XML nodes resulting from this execution. Notes: • If you use the source type for this property, the XPath application on target XML should give a text result. Otherwise, the first node’s text content is taken.
Key	SmartType	standard	Defines the key name used for its Object parent owner. This property is a “smart type” property, that allows to specify the key. A “smart type” property can be of one of the following types: • a text: the value is therefore a hard-coded text value, • a JavaScript expression: the value is therefore a JavaScript expression that is evaluated at sequence execution, • a source: the value is a source and can be picked using the source picker. A source is defined as a reference on a step previously existing in the parent sequence, associated with an XPath applied on the step’s result DOM. At runtime, the XPath is applied on the step’s current execution result XML and extracts a list of XML nodes resulting from this execution. Notes: • If you use the source type for this property, the XPath application on target XML should give a text result. Otherwise, the first node’s text content is taken.
Array children TagName	String	expert	Defines TagName used to describe elements under a JSON array.
JSON Sample	String	expert	Defines a sample of the expected JSON, used to extract the schema of the response.
Output	boolean	expert	Defines whether the XML generated by this step should be appended to the resulting XML. Set this property to true to add the step’s resulting XML to the sequence’s output XML (default value for steps generating XML). Set this property to false to prevent the steps’s XML result to appear in the sequence’s output XML. Setting this property to false does not prevent the step’s generated XML from being used as a source by other steps.