How to parse array of json objects to custom XML (node.js) - json

Question

I'm trying to use js2xmlparser (node.js) to transform an array of JSON objects into a custom XML file.
The source array looks like this:
[
{
"ID": "3233705000002165882",
"Quarter": "2020Q3",
"Pkg_Total": "0.00",
"Course_Each": "0.00"
},
{
"ID": "3233705000002165883",
"Quarter": "2020Q4",
"Pkg_Total": "2.50",
"Course_Each": "0.70"
},
{
"ID": "3233705000002165884",
"Quarter": "2021Q1",
"Pkg_Total": "34.00",
"Course_Each": "15.00"
}
]
I need the target XML to look like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<response>
<records>
<record id="3233705000002165882">
<column name="Quarter">
<value><![CDATA[2020Q3]]></value>
</column>
<column name="Pkg_Total">
<value><![CDATA[$ 0.00]]></value>
</column>
<column name="Course_Each">
<value><![CDATA[$ 0.00]]></value>
</column>
</<record>
<record id="3233705000002165883">
<column name="Quarter">
<value><![CDATA[2020Q4]]></value>
</column>
<column name="Pkg_Total">
<value><![CDATA[$ 2.50]]></value>
</column>
<column name="Course_Each">
<value><![CDATA[$ 0.70]]></value>
</column>
</<record>
<record id="3233705000002165884">
<column name="Quarter">
<value><![CDATA[2021Q1]]></value>
</column>
<column name="Pkg_Total">
<value><![CDATA[$ 34.00]]></value>
</column>
<column name="Course_Each">
<value><![CDATA[$ 15.00]]></value>
</column>
</<record>
</<records>
</response>
Any suggestions on how to configure js2xmlparser to do this? Or is there another node.js utility that can help with this transformation task? Thank you!

Answer 1

I solved this by writing my own custom function:
const json2XML = async (jsonFilePathName) => {
const jsonObj = await loadDataObj(jsonFilePathName)
let xmlRecords = '';
let xmlRecordBegin = '';
let xmlRecordFull;
jsonObj.forEach((newRecord) => {
const fieldNames = Object.keys(newRecord);
let colElements = '';
let colElement;
let colValue;
xmlRecordBegin = `<record id="${newRecord.ID}">`;
fieldNames.forEach((fieldName) => {
//iterate through all fieldNames except ID
if (fieldName !== 'ID') {
colValue = newRecord[fieldName];
colElement = `<column name="${fieldName}"><value><![CDATA[${colValue}]]></value></column>`;
colElements = colElements + colElement;
}
});
//end fieldNames.forEach((fieldName)
xmlRecordFull = xmlRecordBegin + colElements + '</record>';
//console.log('xmlRecordFull = ', xmlRecordFull);
xmlRecords = xmlRecords + xmlRecordFull;
});
//end jsonObj.forEach((newRecord)
xmlDoc = xmlDecl + xmlRootBegin + xmlRecordsBegin + xmlRecords + xmlRecordsEnd + xmlRootEnd;
return xmlDoc;
}