Form to XML component

The Form to XML component allows direct conversion from the Form URL-encoded format to XML. This component can be used, for example, when submitting an HTML form to a Dovetail flow.

Configuration

At the moment, there are no configuration parameters.

empty values

This component supports empty values for a given key.

key names cannot:

• Start with a digit.
• Start with special characters such as hyphens or periods.
• Start with any variation of xml.
• Contain special characters other than the periods, hyphens, underscores and/or colons.

use UTF-8 encoding

Please use UTF-8 encoding for the incoming message. Add an Encoder component before the FLV component to change the encoding of the incoming message to UTF-8. You can add an Encoder component after the Form to XML component to change it back to its original encoding if necessary.

Using FLV

Conversion with valid data

See the example below for a conversion with complete and valid form data.

Form data Input

first-name=Joe&last-name=Foo&age=21

XML Output

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<item>
	<first-name>Joe</first-name>
	<last-name>Foo</last-name>
	<age>21</age>
</item>

Conversion with invalid or missing data

See the example below for a conversion with incomplete and invalid form data.

Form data Input

first-name=John&last-name=&age=25&991=porsche

XML Output

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<item>
	<first-name>John</first-name>
	<last-name></last-name>
	<age>25</age>
</item>

In this case, last-name will have no value and the invalid parameter named 911 will be ignored.

Last update on Feb 24, 2025