Piclizer

XML Formatter

Turn a single-line XML blob into a readable, indented document. Validate that it is well-formed, count elements and attributes, minify it again for transport, or convert it straight to JSON.

Input

All processing is done locally in your browser. Your images never leave your device.

How to use

  1. 1

    Paste your XML into the editor.

  2. 2

    Press Format to indent it or Minify to compact it.

  3. 3

    Check the validation message and the element counts.

  4. 4

    Convert to JSON if you need it in another format.

Supported formats

Accepts

Produces

FAQ

Every tag is closed, elements nest correctly and there is a single root element. It is not the same as being valid against a schema.

No. It checks that the document is well-formed, which catches the vast majority of practical errors.

Elements become objects, repeated elements become arrays and attributes are kept with a prefix so no information is lost.

Comments and CDATA sections survive formatting; JSON conversion keeps text content but drops comments.

No. The browser's built-in DOMParser handles everything locally.

About this tool: XML Formatter

Bring order to XML documents

The XML Formatter indents and syntax-highlights XML documents, validates well-formedness, and reports the exact line of any structural error — unclosed tags, mismatched nesting, illegal characters. Minify mode collapses the document back to a single dense line.

XML still runs the world's enterprise plumbing: SOAP services, RSS feeds, sitemaps, Android layouts, Office document internals. A single malformed tag can fail an entire feed or build, and raw XML without indentation is effectively unreadable. Formatting plus validation resolves both pains at once.

Parsing happens locally in your browser using the platform's XML parser — documents with internal business data never leave your device. Convert XML to JSON when you need the same data in a modern format, and copy the tidied markup straight back into your project.

Like every Piclizer tool, this one runs entirely in your browser — your files stay on your device.

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