{"id":6898,"date":"2019-09-15T21:18:52","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T01:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/?p=6898"},"modified":"2019-09-15T21:20:06","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T01:20:06","slug":"mulesoft-4-transformation-convert-json-to-xml","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/integration\/mulesoft\/mulesoft-4-transformation-convert-json-to-xml\/","title":{"rendered":"Mulesoft 4 Transformation – Convert JSON to XML"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We will start creating Mule Project in Anypoint studio and input would be provided by Http Listener. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make sure MIME type of Http Listener set to application\/json, otherwise we will get below error :<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dataweave Error: You called the function ‘Value Selector’ with these arguments … <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mulesoft Project structure below <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mulesoft-Project-Convert-JSON-to-XML\"
Mulesoft Project – Convert JSON to XML<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Method 1 : Simplest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simplest way to convert JSON to XML is to just put payload as value in transformation component<\/p>\n\n\n

\n%dw 2.0\noutput application\/xml\n---\n{\n\tProfiles: payload\n}\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
Input  (You can use Postman to make POST request on Http listener)<\/p>\n\n\n
\n{\n    "Profiles" : [\n                    {\n                        "name":"John",\n                        "LastName" : "Doe",\n                        "Age" : 30,\n                        "Country":"India",\n                        "Profession" : "Salesofrce Architect",\n                        "Skills":"Salesforce, HTML"\n                    },\n                    {\n                        "name":"Jenny",\n                        "LastName" : "Doe",\n                        "Age" : 40,\n                        "Country":"USA",\n                        "Profession" : "Mulesoft Architect",\n                        "Skills":"HTML, Mulesoft"\n                    }\n                ]\n    }\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
Output<\/p>\n\n\n
\n<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>\n<Profiles>\n    <Profiles>\n        <name>John<\/name>\n        <LastName>Doe<\/LastName>\n        <Age>30<\/Age>\n        <Country>India<\/Country>\n        <Profession>Salesofrce Architect<\/Profession>\n        <Skills>Salesforce, HTML<\/Skills>\n    <\/Profiles>\n    <Profiles>\n        <name>Jenny<\/name>\n        <LastName>Doe<\/LastName>\n        <Age>40<\/Age>\n        <Country>USA<\/Country>\n        <Profession>Mulesoft Architect<\/Profession>\n        <Skills>HTML, Mulesoft<\/Skills>\n    <\/Profiles>\n<\/Profiles>\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
As you can see above, JSON converted to XML with almost same format. If it works for you then great. However you may want some flexibility on how final xml look like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Method 2 – Changing format while conversion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
If we want lastName<\/em> and age<\/em> as attribute of name<\/em> node in xml, then we will need to play little bit with Dataweave2 as shown below<\/p>\n\n\n
\n%dw 2.0\noutput application\/xml\n---\n{\n\tProfiles: {\n\t\t(payload.Profiles map ( person , indexOfPerson ) -> {\n\t\t\tcandidates: {\n\t\t\t\tname @(lastName: person.LastName , age: person.Age): person.name,\n\t\t\t\tcountry: person.Country,\n\t\t\t\tProfession: person.Profession,\n\t\t\t\tSkills: person.Skills\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t})\n\t}\n}\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
Output :<\/p>\n\n\n
\n<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>\n<Profiles>\n    <candidates>\n        <name lastName="Doe" age="30">John<\/name>\n        <country>India<\/country>\n        <Profession>Salesofrce Architect<\/Profession>\n        <Skills>Salesforce, HTML<\/Skills>\n    <\/candidates>\n    <candidates>\n        <name lastName="Doe" age="40">Jenny<\/name>\n        <country>USA<\/country>\n        <Profession>Mulesoft Architect<\/Profession>\n        <Skills>HTML, Mulesoft<\/Skills>\n    <\/candidates>\n<\/Profiles>\n<\/pre><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dataweave code to convert JSON to XML in Mulesoft 4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"jz_research_post":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[454],"tags":[473,457],"class_list":["post-6898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mulesoft","tag-dataweave2","tag-mulesoft-4"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7741,"url":"https:\/\/www.jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/integration\/mulesoft\/salesforce-bulk-api-2-using-mulesoft\/","url_meta":{"origin":6898,"position":0},"title":"Salesforce Bulk API 2 using Mulesoft","author":"Jitendra","date":"November 20, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Demo of using Bulk API 2 & Solving most common errors","rel":"","context":"In "Mulesoft"","block_context":{"text":"Mulesoft","link":"https:\/\/www.jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/category\/integration\/mulesoft\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Bulk API 2 using MuleSoft","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Bulk-API-2-using-Mulesoft.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Bulk-API-2-using-Mulesoft.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Bulk-API-2-using-Mulesoft.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Bulk-API-2-using-Mulesoft.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Bulk-API-2-using-Mulesoft.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":30699,"url":"https:\/\/www.jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/salesforce\/complete-mulesoft-guide-40-expert-interview-questions\/","url_meta":{"origin":6898,"position":1},"title":"Complete MuleSoft Guide: 40+ Expert Interview Questions & Answers","author":"Jitendra Zaa","date":"December 18, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Master MuleSoft interviews with 40+ expert questions covering API-led connectivity, DataWeave, Kafka, Salesforce integration, AI capabilities (Agentforce, MAC Project), CloudHub deployment, VPC\/VPN security, certifications, and career paths. 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