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Validate XML, Parse XML to JS Object, or Build XML from JS Object without C/C++ based libraries and no callback.

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## Main Features

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* Validate XML data syntactically
* Parse XML to JS Object
* Build XML from JS Object
* Compatible to node js packages, in browser, and in CLI (click try me button above for demo)
* Faster than any other pure JS implementation.
* It can handle big files (tested up to 100mb).
* Controlled parsing using various options
* XML Entities, HTML entities, and DOCTYPE entites are supported.
* unpaired tags (Eg `<br>` in HTML), stop nodes (Eg `<script>` in HTML) are supported.
* You can restore almost same XML from JSON
* Supports comments
* It can preserve Order of tags in JS object
* You can control if a single tag should be parsed into array.
* Supports parsing of PI (Processing Instruction) tags with XML declaration tags
* And many more other features.

## v5
I developed v5 in Apr 2023. And I didn't get the chance to complete all the features. I've ensured that new features don't impact performance. With v5, you have more control on parsing output. Check [docs](./docs/v5) for syntax help and basic understanding.

Please leave a comment in discussion forum for your suggestions and if you really need v5.

## How to use

To use as package dependency
`$ npm install fast-xml-parser` 
or 
`$ yarn add fast-xml-parser`

To use as system command
`$ npm install fast-xml-parser -g` 

To use it on a **webpage** include it from a [CDN](https://cdnjs.com/libraries/fast-xml-parser)

**Example**

As CLI command
```bash
$ fxparser some.xml
```

In a node js project
```js
const { XMLParser, XMLBuilder, XMLValidator} = require("fast-xml-parser");

const parser = new XMLParser();
let jObj = parser.parse(XMLdata);

const builder = new XMLBuilder();
const xmlContent = builder.build(jObj);
```

In a HTML page
```html
<script src="path/to/fxp.min.js"></script>
:
<script>
  const parser = new fxparser.XMLParser();
  parser.parse(xmlContent);
</script>
```

Bundle size

| Bundle Name        | Size |
| ------------------ | ---- |
| fxbuilder.min.js   | 6.5K |
| fxparser.min.js    | 20K  |
| fxp.min.js         | 26K  |
| fxvalidator.min.js | 5.7K |

### Documents
<table>
  <tr><td>v3</td><td>v4</td><td>v5</td></tr>
  <tr>
    <td>
      <a href="./docs/v3/docs.md">documents</a>
    </td>
    <td><ol>
      <li><a href="./docs/v4/1.GettingStarted.md">Getting Started</a></li>
      <li><a href="./docs/v4/2.XMLparseOptions.md">XML Parser</a></li>
      <li><a href="./docs/v4/3.XMLBuilder.md">XML Builder</a></li>
      <li><a href="./docs/v4/4.XMLValidator.md">XML Validator</a></li>
      <li><a href="./docs/v4/5.Entities.md">Entities</a></li>
      <li><a href="./docs/v4/6.HTMLParsing.md">HTML Document Parsing</a></li>
      <li><a href="./docs/v4/7.PITags.md">PI Tag processing</a></li>
    </ol></td>
    <td><ol>
      <li></li><a href="./docs/v5/1.GettingStarted.md">Getting Started</a></li>
      <li><a href="./docs/v5/2.Features.md">Features</a></li>
      <li><a href="./docs/v5/3.Options.md">Options</a></li>
      <li><a href="./docs/v5/4.OutputBuilders.md">Output Builders</a></li>
      <li><a href="./docs/v5/5.ValueParsers.md">Value Parsers</a></li>
    </ol></td>
  </tr>
</table>

**note**: version 5 is released with version 4 tfor experimental use. Based on it's demand, it'll be developed and the features can be different in final release.

## Performance
<small>negative means error</small>

### XML Parser

<img align="left" src="./docs/imgs/XMLParser_v4.png" width="45%" />
<img src="./docs/imgs/XMLParser_large_v4.png" width="47%" />

* Y-axis: requests per second
* X-axis: File size

### XML Builder

<img src="./docs/imgs/XMLBuilder_v4.png" width="50%" />
* Y-axis: requests per second



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