# Convert an XML file to JSON with Slack: n8n workflow template

> Started by another system calling it, and works across Slack. 9 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/convert-an-xml-file-to-json-with-slack (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Documents and files](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Documents+and+files#library)

# Convert an XML file to JSON with Slack

Started by another system calling it, and works across Slack. 9 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fconvert-an-xml-file-to-json-with-slack)

**9 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 3 Logic 4 Service 2

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **POST** Webhook *Starts it*
- 2 **Switch** Switch *Logic*
- 3 **Extract From File** Extract From File *Service*
- 4 **Change Field** Set *Logic*
- 5 **Already JSON** Set *Logic*
- 6 **Error Response** Respond To Webhook *Starts it*
- 7 **XML** Xml *Logic*
- 8 **Success Response** Respond To Webhook *Starts it*
- 9 **Send to Error Channel** Slack *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** Another system calling it
- **Steps:** 9, with 1 branch
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Slack
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Slack account. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on another system calling it.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 9 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 9 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fconvert-an-xml-file-to-json-with-slack)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Slack](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Slack#library)

## Workflows like it

Also documents and files, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

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- [**Backup workflow & credentials to Cloudflare R2 with S3** 10 steps · S3, Slack](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/backup-workflow-and-credentials-to-cloudflare-r2-with-s3)
- [**GitHub auto-documentation on push with Slack** 10 steps · GitHub, Slack](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/github-auto-documentation-on-push-with-slack)
- [**Japanese document translation quality checker with DeepL** 8 steps · Google Docs, Slack](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/japanese-document-translation-quality-checker-with-deepl)
- [**Track SDK documentation drift with GitHub and Notion** 10 steps · GitHub, Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/track-sdk-documentation-drift-with-github-and-notion)
- [**Track e-signatures and deliver signed PDFs** 8 steps · Gmail, Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/track-e-signatures-and-deliver-signed-pdfs)