How to convert JSON to XML or XML to JSON?

c# json xml json.net
David.Chu.ca picture David.Chu.ca · May 2, 2009 · Viewed 474.2k times · Source

I started to use Json.NET to convert a string in JSON format to object or viceversa. I am not sure in the Json.NET framework, is it possible to convert a string in JSON to XML format and viceversa?

Answer

David Brown picture David Brown · May 2, 2009

Yes. Using the JsonConvert class which contains helper methods for this precise purpose:

// To convert an XML node contained in string xml into a JSON string   
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml(xml);
string jsonText = JsonConvert.SerializeXmlNode(doc);

// To convert JSON text contained in string json into an XML node
XmlDocument doc = JsonConvert.DeserializeXmlNode(json);

Documentation here: Converting between JSON and XML with Json.NET

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