---
title: "Pretty-print or minify already-serialized XML, and highlight it."
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/xml"
tags: ["Formatters & Validators"]
---

# Pretty-print or minify already-serialized XML, and highlight it.

`POST /api/v1/xml`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://programmes.net`
- URL: `https://programmes.net/api/v1/xml`
- Auth: none declared

XML Formatter & Validator. Operations: `format` — Pretty-print XML with the chosen indent (server-safe string transform). `minify` — Collapse whitespace between XML tags (server-safe string transform).

## Request body

- union
  - XmlFormat: Pretty-print XML with the chosen indent (server-safe string transform).
    - `operation` 'format', required
    - `input` string: The serialized XML to format.
    - `options` object
      - `indent` '2' | '4' | 'tab': Indent style.
  - XmlMinify: Collapse whitespace between XML tags (server-safe string transform).
    - `operation` 'minify', required
    - `input` string: The serialized XML to minify.
    - `options` object

## Response `200`

The operation ran.

- object
  - `ok` unknown, required
  - `tool` 'xml', required
  - `operation` 'format' | 'minify', required
  - `result` unknown, required

## Other responses

- `400`: The request is not valid (https://programmes.net/api#invalid-request); The tool has no such operation (https://programmes.net/api#unknown-operation)
- `404`: No such tool (https://programmes.net/api#unknown-tool)
- `413`: The request or its input is too large (https://programmes.net/api#content-too-large)
- `415`: The body must be JSON (https://programmes.net/api#unsupported-media-type)
- `422`: An option is missing, of the wrong type or out of range (https://programmes.net/api#invalid-options); This call needs more CPU than one API call may use (https://programmes.net/api#refused); The operation could not process the input (https://programmes.net/api#tool-error)
- `429`: Too many requests (https://programmes.net/api#rate-limited)
- `500`: Internal error (https://programmes.net/api#internal-error)

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/programmes/apis/programmes-net-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/programmes/apis/programmes-net-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/programmes/apis/programmes-net-api/revisions/aa939784a2e6?raw)