xml-to-json-stream/lib/cleanXML.js

Simple module to convert XML to JSON with javascript

module.exports = function cleanXML(xml) {
    return xml.replace(/>\s*</g, '><') //remove white spaces between elements
                .replace(/<\?xml.*\?>/g, '') //remove the root element
                .replace(/<!--.*-->/g,'') //remove comments
                .replace(/>\s*/g, '>') // remove any white spaces at the end of the xml string if any
                .replace(/\s*</g, '<') // remove any white spaces that are left at the beginning of the xml string
    
    
}