Text to XML Converter

XML is strict about certain characters. If you paste text that contains an ampersand or a less-than sign, the result is not valid XML unless those characters are escaped. This tool always escapes the five common XML special characters: &, <, >, ", and '. Everything else is kept as-is, including punctuation and Unicode characters.

The output uses a root element and an item element. By default, each line becomes one item. That is the most useful shape for logs, lists, exports, and scraping outputs where you already think in lines. If you disable line splitting, the tool wraps the entire input in a single item element instead. Both modes are deliberately simple so you can predict the output without reading a rule book.

You can set the root and item element names, but the validation is intentionally conservative. It allows simple tag names like root, items, line, and entry. If you type something that looks invalid for a basic tag name, the tool falls back to safe defaults and shows a warning. This prevents accidental output like tags with spaces that would break XML parsers.

• Split by lines

  Turns each line into one XML element. This is ideal for lists, row-like exports, and log processing.
• Include empty lines

  Optionally emits an empty element for blank lines. Useful when line positions are meaningful.
• Index attribute

  Adds an index="N" attribute so you can reference the original line number later.
• No schema guessing

  The tool does not infer nested structures. It just wraps text predictably.

Most people land on a text to XML page because they have data that is not in a structured format yet. The typical input is a list of lines, a pasted column from a spreadsheet, scraped results, or log lines that you want to store as XML for a legacy system. In those cases, line splitting is the right default because it preserves the meaning you already have.

If you are exporting to a system that expects one element per entry, choose an item tag like entry or item. If you want to keep track of where a line came from, enable the index attribute and you will get stable numbering that matches the input line positions. When you also enable empty lines, the index values line up even if the input contains blank separators.

Special characters are where XML conversion usually breaks. Copying raw text that includes & into XML without escaping it can corrupt downstream parsing. The escape step prevents that. It also means that your output is safe to paste into an XML parser or validator. Keep in mind that escaping does not change your content meaningfully. It only encodes the few characters that have structural meaning in XML.

This page can load text from common file types so you do not need to copy and paste large blocks manually. Text-like files such as TXT, CSV, JSON, and XML are read directly in your browser. For PDF and DOCX, the page can attempt local extraction if optional libraries are installed in the app build. When those libraries are not present, the file upload may fail gracefully and the page will tell you what is missing.

For output, you can copy the generated XML, download it as a file, or export a simple PDF. PDF export uses an optional library and falls back to your browser print dialog if needed. This is the same pattern used by other converters on the site so users always have a way to save the result.

Privacy-wise, the conversion is computed from what is in the editor on your device. The page does not need to upload your text to generate XML. Uploading a file reads it locally and extracts its text on-device when supported. If your data is sensitive, you can still use the tool safely because the conversion happens in your browser session.