CSV to XML
Convert a CSV table into XML records, with header names as element tags. Runs entirely in your browser, no upload.
About this tool
CSV to XML turns a CSV table into XML records. Each row becomes a record
element, and each field becomes <tag>value</tag> using the header name as the
tag:
<rows>
<row>
<name>Ada</name>
<age>36</age>
</row>
</rows>
- Header names are sanitized to valid XML element names (spaces and other
invalid characters become
_; a leading digit gets a_prefix). - Values are XML-escaped (
&,<,>). - Customise the root and record tags, toggle the header row, and pick the
delimiter (
,/ tab /;/|).
Privacy
Everything runs in your browser via WebAssembly — your CSV is never uploaded. Also available from the gizza CLI and in chat.
FAQ
My CSV has no header row — what tags do the fields get?
Turn the header toggle off and the fields are emitted as <col1>, <col2>,
<col3>… in order. With the toggle on (the default), the first row supplies the
tag names and is not emitted as a record itself.
What happens to column names with spaces or leading digits?
They are sanitized into valid XML element names: spaces and other illegal
characters become _, and a name starting with a digit gets a _ prefix — so a
header like 2024 sales becomes <_2024_sales>. Cell values are separately
XML-escaped (&, <, >), so the output is always well-formed.
Can I rename the <rows> and <row> wrapper elements?
Yes — the root tag (default rows) wraps the whole document and the
record tag (default row) wraps each CSV line. Set them to e.g. products
and product to match the schema your importer expects.
Does it handle semicolon- or tab-separated files?
Yes. The delimiter accepts any single character or the words comma, tab,
semicolon, pipe — handy for European-style ; exports or TSV clipboard
pastes.
Developer & Automation Access
Run it from the terminal
Same engine as this page, headless — via the gizza CLI:
gizza tool csv-to-xml "name,age
Ada,36
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Open it by URL
Pre-fill and auto-run this tool with query parameters — the names match the API/CLI:
https://gizza.ai/tools/csv-to-xml/?data=name%2Cage%0AAda%2C36%0ABo%2C40&root=rows&row=row&header=true&delimiter=%2CMachine-readable descriptor: tool.json — title + parameters JSON Schema for agents.