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XML Formatter & Beautifier

Format, pretty-print, and indent XML documents online. Check tag nesting, clean whitespace, and beautify RSS feeds, SOAP payloads, and SVG files.

Formatted XML document will appear here...

What is XML Formatter & Beautifier?

XML Formatter is a developer utility that converts dense or unformatted XML strings into cleanly indented hierarchical documents, highlighting opening and closing tags.

How XML Formatter & Beautifier Works

The tool parses the XML string using the browser's native `DOMParser`, validates tag balance, and serializes the DOM nodes back into formatted text with configured indentation levels.

Key Features

  • ✓Configurable 2-space, 4-space, or tab indentation
  • ✓Detects unclosed tags and XML syntax errors
  • ✓One-click copy and file download

Common Use Cases

  • •Beautifying SOAP API request and response payloads
  • •Formatting RSS/Atom XML feeds and sitemap files
  • •Inspecting complex SVG markup and Android resource files

Examples & Sample Data

Formatting Single-line XML

Input
<catalog><book id="1"><title>Clean Code</title><author>Robert Martin</author></book></catalog>
Output
<catalog>
  <book id="1">
    <title>Clean Code</title>
    <author>Robert Martin</author>
  </book>
</catalog>

Adds structured nesting and line breaks for tags.

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XML parsing occurs strictly in your browser via DOMParser with zero network requests.

How to Use XML Formatter & Beautifier

  1. 1

    Paste your XML string into the editor.

  2. 2

    Click 'Format XML'.

  3. 3

    Copy or download the beautified XML document.

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