Two-way conversion between json and xml

json_to_xml.py

import json
import xmltodict
 
with open('sample.json', 'r') as f:
    jsonString = f.read()
 
print('JSON input (sample.json):')
print(jsonString)
 
xmlString = xmltodict.unparse(json.loads(jsonString), pretty=True)
 
print('\nXML output(output.xml):')
print(xmlString)
 
with open('output.xml', 'w') as f:
    f.write(xmlString)

xml_to_json.py

import json
import xmltodict
 
with open("/Users/alt.witt/Desktop/contacts.xml", 'r') as f:

    xmlString = f.read()
 
print("XML input (contacts.xml):")
print(xmlString)
     
jsonString = json.dumps(xmltodict.parse(xmlString), indent=4)
 
print("\nJSON output(output.json):")
print(jsonString)
 
with open("contacts.json", 'w') as f:
    f.write(jsonString)

'''
import json
import xmltodict
 
# another one
def convert(xml_file, xml_attribs=True):
    with open(xml_file, "rb") as f:    # notice the "rb" mode
        d = xmltodict.parse(f, xml_attribs=xml_attribs)
        return json.dumps(d, indent=4)
 '''