How to treat empty/null XML node as empty string in JSON, while using XML to JSON policy?

[asaischintala]

Hello all,

I'm trying to use the XMLtoJSON policy where I'm facing difficulty converting an empty XML node to empty string or as JSON null

Input XML:

<Root>
	<Code>A</Code>
	<Desc/>
	<Exm>A8SAI38</Exm>
</Root>

I'm using the XMLtoJSON policy with below options:

<Options>
	<RecognizeNumber>true</RecognizeNumber>
	<RecognizeBoolean>true</RecognizeBoolean>
	<RecognizeNull>true</RecognizeNull>
	<NullValue>NULL</NullValue>
	<TextNodeName>TEXT</TextNodeName>
	<StripLevels>1</StripLevels>
</Options>

Actual:

{
  "Code": "A",
  "Desc": "NULL",
  "Exm": "A8SAI38"
}

Expected:

{
  "Code": "A",
  "Desc": null,
  "Exm": "A8SAI38"
}

OR

{
  "Code": "A",
  "Desc": "",
  "Exm": "A8SAI38"
}

How can I achieve this?

@dchiesa1  @sidd-harth @API-Evangelist 

 

[asaischintala · Accepted solution]

The answer has been mentioned here
https://www.googlecloudcommunity.com/gc/Apigee/XML-to-JSON-policy-Default-behavior-of-NullValue/td-p...


The documentaion here (https://docs.apigee.com/api-platform/reference/policies/xml-json-policy#nullvalue) is incorrect.

Removing the below config did the trick

<NullValue>NULL</NullValue>

[dchiesa1]

Thanks for the note about the documentation. I agree, it's wrong or misleading. I'll get it fixed.