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CSV to XML

Nested elements with your own root and row tag names. Attributes optional.

  • 100% local conversion
  • No file uploads
  • Preserves structure
  • Supports large files
Example Output
<rows>
  <row>
    <name>Ada</name>
  </row>
</rows>

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Convert CSV to XML Drop a spreadsheet, pick an output format, and download the result. Everything runs in your browser — the file never leaves your machine.
info Supports CSV, TSV, TXT • Max file size: 100 MB
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Also: XML to CSV

Paste XML with repeating row elements — child tag names become CSV column headers.

CSV to XML Conversion: Structuring Your Data for APIs and Feeds

XML (Extensible Markup Language) is the format of choice for legacy enterprise systems, SOAP web services, RSS and Atom feeds, configuration files, and many data interchange standards. Converting a CSV to XML lets you feed tabular data into these systems without writing a custom transformation script.

ConvertRow wraps each CSV row in a <row> element and each cell in a child element named after the column header. The result is a clean, well-formed XML document ready to be validated, transformed via XSLT, or imported into any XML-aware application. Numeric values and strings are both represented as text nodes, consistent with standard XML data exchange practices.

The conversion runs in your browser with no server involvement. Your CSV is parsed locally and the XML string is assembled in memory, then downloaded. This approach is safe for confidential data and works offline after the page has loaded.

For best results, use alphanumeric column headers with no spaces or special characters — XML element names cannot start with numbers or contain characters like &, <, or whitespace. If your CSV has headers like "First Name", consider renaming them to "first_name" or "firstName" before converting.

Common use cases for CSV to XML conversion:

  • Importing data into legacy ERP or CRM systems that consume XML
  • Generating product feed files for comparison shopping engines
  • Preparing configuration data for XML-driven frameworks
  • Creating test fixtures for XML processing pipelines
  • Feeding a SOAP web service that requires an XML request body

Frequently Asked Questions

The root element is <rows> and each CSV row becomes a <row> child. Every cell in that row becomes a child element of <row> named after its column header. For example, a CSV row with columns "name" and "age" becomes <row><name>Ada</name><age>30</age></row>.

The element names come directly from your CSV column headers, so you can control them by editing the header row in your CSV before converting. The root element is always <rows> and each record wrapper is always <row> in the standard output.

XML element names cannot contain spaces, ampersands, or angle brackets. ConvertRow sanitises header names by replacing spaces with underscores and removing invalid characters. For full control, clean up your column headers before converting.

Yes. The XML document includes a UTF-8 declaration and properly escapes special characters (&, <, >, &apos;, ") in all cell values. The result passes standard XML validators.

There is no enforced limit. XML files grow larger than the source CSV because of the element tag overhead, so a 1 MB CSV may produce a 3–5 MB XML file. The conversion runs in-browser and handles files of hundreds of megabytes given enough device memory.