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Configuring the JSON to XML policy for DataPower Gateway (v5 compatible)

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Follow these steps to configure the JSON to XML policy for DataPower® Gateway (v5 compatible) in the assembly user interface.

About this task

Note: This topic describes the JSON to XML policy implementation in the DataPower Gateway (v5 compatible). If you are using the DataPower API Gateway, see Configuring the JSON to XML policy for DataPower API Gateway. For more information about the different types of gateway, see API Connect gateway types.

For details on how to configure the policy in your OpenAPI source, see json-to-xml.

Procedure

  1. In the navigation pane, click Develop icon in the navigation pane Develop, then select the APIs tab.
    The Develop page opens.
  2. Click the title of the API that you want to work with, or create a new API.
  3. Select the Gateway tab, then click Policies in the navigation pane.
    For more information about working with the assembly editor for an API, see The assembly editor.
  4. Find the JSON to XML policy in the palette, and drag the policy onto your canvas.
  5. Specify the following properties.
    Table 1. Policy properties
    Property label Required Description Data type
    Title Yes The title of the policy.

    The default value is json-to-xml.

    		 string
    Description No A description of the policy. string
    Root XML Element Name Yes The root element name of the resultant XML document. This property is used only if the input JSON document is not hierarchical and has more than one uppermost level property, or if the Always output the root element checkbox is selected.

    The default value is json.

    		 string
    Always output the root element Yes Select this checkbox if you always want the policy to output the root element, even if it is not required to make the XML document well formed.

    The default value is false.

    		 boolean
    Element name for JSON array elements No The XML element name to be used for JSON array elements. string
  6. Specify a version for the policy by clicking the Source icon OpenAPI Source icon, and completing the version section of the policy YAML. For example:
    execute:
  - json-to-xml:
      version: 1.0.0
      title: json-to-xml
  ...
    You must specify a version for the policy that is compatible with the gateway that you are using. When the API is published, if the version is incompatible with the gateway, a validation error is thrown that specifies the available versions.
  7. Click Save.

Example

For example, the following simple JSON object
{ "a": { "$" : "hello" } }
becomes
<a>hello</a>
The following JSON object with an attribute
{ "a": { "$" : "hello", "@type" : "world" } }
becomes
<a type="world">hello</a>