CSV to XML Converter

Convert CSV rows into XML markup. Free, instant, and no signup required.

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Input (CSV)

Output (XML)

About CSV to XML conversion

CSV is the universal format for spreadsheets and data-analysis pipelines like Excel, Google Sheets, and pandas — inherently flat, so nested structures don’t exist natively. XML is the format behind SOAP APIs, RSS/Atom feeds, Office file formats, and older enterprise data exchange — it supports attributes, mixed content, and namespaces that JSON has no equivalent for.

This conversion goes through the same JSON model the other converters use: elements and attributes become JSON keys first, then flatten to (or unflatten from) CSV columns. Deeply nested XML can produce wide, dot-notation-heavy CSV headers — flatten your XML schema first if you want a tidy spreadsheet.

How to convert CSV to XML

Paste your CSV into the left editor, or click sample above it to try example data.
Click Convert. The XML result appears on the right instantly.
Click copy to copy the result, or download to save it as a file.

Example

Input (CSV):

name,role,active
Ada Lovelace,Mathematician,true
Grace Hopper,Computer Scientist,true

Output (XML):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
  <item>
    <name>Ada Lovelace</name>
    <role>Mathematician</role>
    <active>true</active>
  </item>
  <item>
    <name>Grace Hopper</name>
    <role>Computer Scientist</role>
    <active>true</active>
  </item>
</root>

Frequently asked questions

Why does converting CSV to XML wrap each row in <item> tags? CSV rows are unnamed records, so this tool wraps each row in a generic <item> element under a <root>. If you want a specific element name instead, convert to JSON first, rename the array key, then convert that JSON to XML.

Do I need to create an account? No. There's no signup, login, or account required — paste your data and click Convert.

Is there a file size limit? There's no hard-coded limit, but very large inputs (multi-megabyte files) can slow down or briefly freeze the tab while converting. For big files, converting in smaller chunks works better.

Why did my conversion fail? Check the status line under the Convert button — it reports the exact line and column where the parser stopped, and the input editor highlights that line in red so you can jump straight to it.