Convert CSV to XML
Turn a spreadsheet export into XML records.
About this converter
Nearly always because something on the other end takes XML and will not take a spreadsheet — an import routine, an older integration, a product feed.
Each row becomes one element and each column becomes a child element named after its header. The whole lot is wrapped in a root element, because XML permits exactly one.
Column names have to become element names, which have rules: they cannot start with a digit and cannot contain spaces. A header of "Order Date" does not make a legal element name, so check the output if your headers are written for people rather than machines — renaming the columns before converting gives a cleaner result than anything this page could guess.
Frequently asked questions
My column names have spaces in them. What happens?
XML element names cannot contain spaces or start with a digit, so a header like "Order Date" or "2024 total" produces a name that is not strictly legal. Rename the columns in the CSV first — that gives a predictable result, where any automatic mangling would not.
Can I make the columns into attributes instead of elements?
Not directly here. Convert to JSON first, prefix the keys you want as attributes with @_, then use the JSON to XML page — that is the convention it reads.
Does what I paste get sent anywhere?
No. The conversion runs in your browser, on your own machine — which is why the result appears as you type. Nothing is uploaded and nothing is logged. That matters for this kind of tool in particular: config files and API responses are exactly the things that carry keys, hostnames and customer data.