XML to Json Nodejs

Question

I'm using xml2js npm to parse xml to json and everything goes well except in xml file, there is an attribute key

<ht:approx_traffic>20,000+</ht:approx_traffic>

and xml2js parses it in json like this

"ht:approx_traffic": [
   "20,000+"
]

Is there a way that I can get rid of the colon there? Thanks.

I just simply use this to parse

var fs = require('fs'),
    xml2js = require('xml2js');

var parser = new xml2js.Parser();
fs.readFile(__dirname + '/foo.xml', function(err, data) {
    parser.parseString(data, function (err, result) {
        console.dir(result);
        console.log('Done');
    });
});

You want to get rid of the colon? That would mean that the JSON and the XML differ key-wise. — Luca Kiebel, Aug 12 '18 at 10:56
There's a potential option in the xml2js library: `stripPrefix: strips the xml namespace prefix. E.g will become 'Bar'. (N.B.: the xmlns prefix is NOT stripped.)` see [https://www.npmjs.com/package/xml2js#processing-attribute-tag-names-and-values](https://www.npmjs.com/package/xml2js#processing-attribute-tag-names-and-values). — roryrjb, Aug 12 '18 at 10:59
answer to your deleted question can be found here http://nsdateformatter.com — vacawama, Aug 12 '18 at 14:48

Arup Rakshit · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-12T11:14:41.593

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Use the stripPrefix processor.

var stripPrefix = require('xml2js').processors.stripPrefix;

parser.parseString(
  data,
  { tagNameProcessors: [stripPrefix] },
  function(err, result) {
    console.dir(result);
    console.log('Done');
  }
);

Read the spec here. Working example.

edited Aug 12 '18 at 11:14

answered Aug 12 '18 at 11:03

Arup Rakshit

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Some how, I received this error ReferenceError: processors is not defined – KevinVuD Aug 12 '18 at 11:05
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Got it fixed. Thank you! – KevinVuD Aug 12 '18 at 11:14

XML to Json Nodejs

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