AWS XML to JSON
This repository is a work in progress, contribution is welcome!
This module converts AWS API XML responses to JSON, it
matches the output of AWS APIs where Accept: application/json is provided
as a header.
Usage
from awsxmltojson import convert_xml_to_dict
convert_xml_to_dict("""
<ListQueuesResponse>
<ListQueuesResult>
<QueueUrl>https://sqs.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/123456789012/MyQueue</QueueUrl>
</ListQueuesResult>
<ResponseMetadata>
<RequestId>725275ae-0b9b-4762-b238-436d7c65a1ac</RequestId>
</ResponseMetadata>
</ListQueuesResponse>
""")
# Outputs...
{
"ListQueuesResponse": {
"ListQueuesResult": {
"queueUrls": [
"https://sqs.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/123456789012/MyQueue"
]
},
"ResponseMetadata": {
"RequestId": "725275ae-0b9b-4762-b238-436d7c65a1ac"
}
}
}Examples
ErrorResponse
<ErrorResponse>
<Error>
<Type>Sender</Type>
<Code>AccessDenied</Code>
<Message>Access to the resource https://sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ is denied.</Message>
<Detail/>
</Error>
<RequestId>2d121ac6-aeee-515c-8d04-420e02b34285</RequestId>
</ErrorResponse>{
"ErrorResponse": {
"Error": {
"Code": "AccessDenied",
"Message": "Access to the resource https://sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ is denied.",
"Type": "Sender"
},
"RequestId": "2d121ac6-aeee-515c-8d04-420e02b34285"
}
}SQS.ListQueues
<ListQueuesResponse>
<ListQueuesResult>
<QueueUrl>https://sqs.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/123456789012/MyQueue</QueueUrl>
</ListQueuesResult>
<ResponseMetadata>
<RequestId>725275ae-0b9b-4762-b238-436d7c65a1ac</RequestId>
</ResponseMetadata>
</ListQueuesResponse>{
"ListQueuesResponse": {
"ListQueuesResult": {
"queueUrls": [
"https://sqs.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/123456789012/MyQueue"
]
},
"ResponseMetadata": {
"RequestId": "725275ae-0b9b-4762-b238-436d7c65a1ac"
}
}
}SQS.ReceiveMessage
<ReceiveMessageResponse>
<ReceiveMessageResult>
<Message>
<MessageId>5fea7756-0ea4-451a-a703-a558b933e274</MessageId>
<ReceiptHandle>MbZj6wDWli+JvwwJaBV+3dcjk2YW2vA3+STFFljTM8tJJg6HRG6PYSasuWXPJB+CwLj1FjgXUv1uSj1gUPAWV66FU/WeR4mq2OKpEGYWbnLmpRCJVAyeMjeU5ZBdtcQ+QEauMZc8ZRv37sIW2iJKq3M9MFx1YvV11A2x/KSbkJ0=</ReceiptHandle>
<MD5OfBody>fafb00f5732ab283681e124bf8747ed1</MD5OfBody>
<Body>This is a test message</Body>
<Attribute>
<Name>SenderId</Name>
<Value>195004372649</Value>
</Attribute>
<Attribute>
<Name>SentTimestamp</Name>
<Value>1238099229000</Value>
</Attribute>
<Attribute>
<Name>ApproximateReceiveCount</Name>
<Value>5</Value>
</Attribute>
<Attribute>
<Name>ApproximateFirstReceiveTimestamp</Name>
<Value>1250700979248</Value>
</Attribute>
</Message>
</ReceiveMessageResult>
<ResponseMetadata>
<RequestId>b6633655-283d-45b4-aee4-4e84e0ae6afa</RequestId>
</ResponseMetadata>
</ReceiveMessageResponse>{
"ReceiveMessageResponse": {
"ReceiveMessageResult": {
"messages": [
{
"MessageId": "5fea7756-0ea4-451a-a703-a558b933e274",
"ReceiptHandle": "MbZj6wDWli+JvwwJaBV+3dcjk2YW2vA3+STFFljTM8tJJg6HRG6PYSasuWXPJB+CwLj1FjgXUv1uSj1gUPAWV66FU/WeR4mq2OKpEGYWbnLmpRCJVAyeMjeU5ZBdtcQ+QEauMZc8ZRv37sIW2iJKq3M9MFx1YvV11A2x/KSbkJ0=",
"MD5OfBody": "fafb00f5732ab283681e124bf8747ed1",
"Body": "This is a test message",
"SenderId": "195004372649",
"SentTimestamp": "1238099229000",
"ApproximateReceiveCount": "5",
"ApproximateFirstReceiveTimestamp": "1250700979248"
}
]
},
"ResponseMetadata": {
"RequestId": "b6633655-283d-45b4-aee4-4e84e0ae6afa"
}
}
}SQS.SendMessage
<SendMessageResponse>
<SendMessageResult>
<MD5OfMessageBody>fafb00f5732ab283681e124bf8747ed1</MD5OfMessageBody>
<MD5OfMessageAttributes>3ae8f24a165a8cedc005670c81a27295</MD5OfMessageAttributes>
<MessageId>5fea7756-0ea4-451a-a703-a558b933e274</MessageId>
</SendMessageResult>
<ResponseMetadata>
<RequestId>27daac76-34dd-47df-bd01-1f6e873584a0</RequestId>
</ResponseMetadata>
</SendMessageResponse>{
"SendMessageResponse": {
"SendMessageResult": {
"MD5OfMessageBody": "fafb00f5732ab283681e124bf8747ed1",
"MD5OfMessageAttributes": "3ae8f24a165a8cedc005670c81a27295",
"MessageId": "5fea7756-0ea4-451a-a703-a558b933e274"
},
"ResponseMetadata": {
"RequestId": "27daac76-34dd-47df-bd01-1f6e873584a0"
}
}
}Want to add another AWS API?
- Download the XML to JSON mapping helper file from the aws javascript sdk
- Add it so it's loaded in
get_shape.py - Write a couple sample tests use example responses from the AWS documentation to make sure it's working
- Run
update_readme_with_samples.pyto have your samples added to the README
