Convert XML to Fixed Width using an API
Use our API to convert your XML data to Fixed Width/Fixed Length
Convert
to
POST
https://dataconverter.io/api/v1/convert/xml-to-fixed-width
After signing up and verifying your email, you will be able to create an API Token in your account settings.
Headers
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Authorization (required)
Bearer <<YOUR_API_TOKEN_HERE>>
Request Body — (multipart/form-data)
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file (required)
string <binary>
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uploadSettings
object
{ "treeNodes" : [ { "name" : "book", "fieldName" : "book", "xpathExpression" : "/bookstore/book", "recordBreak" : true, "field" : false }, { "name" : "title", "fieldName" : "title", "xpathExpression" : "/bookstore/book/title", "recordBreak" : false, "field" : true }, { "name" : "@lang", "fieldName" : "lang", "xpathExpression" : "/bookstore/book/title/@lang", "recordBreak" : false, "field" : true }, { "name" : "price", "fieldName" : "price", "xpathExpression" : "/bookstore/book/price", "recordBreak" : false, "field" : true } ] }
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downloadSettings
object
{ "fields" : [ { "name" : "title", "width" : 12, "fillChar" : null, "skip" : false, "align" : "LEFT" }, { "name" : "name", "width" : 4, "fillChar" : null, "skip" : false, "align" : "LEFT" }, { "name" : "price", "width" : 5, "fillChar" : null, "skip" : false, "align" : "LEFT" } ] }
Request Sample
curl -X POST "https://dataconverter.io/api/v1/convert/xml-to-fixed-width" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN_HERE" \
-F "file=@data.xml;type=text/xml" \
-F "uploadSettings={\"treeNodes\":[{\"name\":\"book\",\"fieldName\":\"book\",\"xpathExpression\":\"/bookstore/book\",\"recordBreak\":true,\"field\":false},{\"name\":\"title\",\"fieldName\":\"title\",\"xpathExpression\":\"/bookstore/book/title\",\"recordBreak\":false,\"field\":true},{\"name\":\"@lang\",\"fieldName\":\"lang\",\"xpathExpression\":\"/bookstore/book/title/@lang\",\"recordBreak\":false,\"field\":true},{\"name\":\"price\",\"fieldName\":\"price\",\"xpathExpression\":\"/bookstore/book/price\",\"recordBreak\":false,\"field\":true}]};type=application/json" \
-F "downloadSettings={\"fields\":[{\"name\":\"title\",\"width\":12,\"fillChar\":null,\"skip\":false,\"align\":\"LEFT\"},{\"name\":\"name\",\"width\":4,\"fillChar\":null,\"skip\":false,\"align\":\"LEFT\"},{\"name\":\"price\",\"width\":5,\"fillChar\":null,\"skip\":false,\"align\":\"LEFT\"}]};type=application/json" \
--output converted.txt