write xml in javascript code example
Example: Working with XML in JavaScript
/*
This code comes from Vincent Lab
And it has a video version linked here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YQXVgNZvRk
*/
// Import dependencies
const fs = require("fs");
const { parseString, Builder } = require("xml2js");
// Load the XML
const xml = fs.readFileSync("data.xml").toString();
parseString(xml, function (err, data) {
// Show the XML
console.log(data);
// Modify the XML
data.people.person[0].$.id = 2;
// Saved the XML
const builder = new Builder();
const xml = builder.buildObject(data);
fs.writeFileSync("data.xml", xml, function (err, file) {
if (err) throw err;
console.log("Saved!");
});
});