Generate XML data

Export a batch of sample person records — generated server-side — as structured XML: a root <People> element wrapping one <Person> per record, with each property as a child element. XML remains common in enterprise integrations, SOAP-era systems, and tools that validate against XSD rather than JSON Schema.

How it works

peopleToXml recursively maps object fields to tagged elements, escaping &, <, >, and quotes inside text nodes. Arrays repeat the same element name; nested objects become nested tags (for example municipality fields under their parent). The document is a single well-formed XML string without an XML declaration unless you add one yourself downstream.

When to use it

• Feed legacy importers that only accept XML person lists
• Demonstrate XML escaping with names containing & or <
• Compare hierarchical markup against the flat CSV sibling export

Limitations

Attribute-style XML is not used—everything is element content. Very deep nesting mirrors the person model and may surprise simple XPath authors. There is no XSD attached; consumers must tolerate the element set. Escaping protects markup but does not validate business rules.

Example

A minimal person fragment looks like:

<People><Person><firstName>Ada</firstName><lastName>Lovelace</lastName><gender>F</gender><birthDate>1815-12-10</birthDate><email>ada@example.com</email></Person></People>

Parsers reading /People/Person/firstName recover Ada.

This skill is available over A2A JSON-RPC and REST. When you already know the skill id and export, call execute directly—no discovery step required.

REST example

curl -sS -X POST https://toolplaza.app/api/helpers/execute \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"skillId":"people__xml","export":"peopleToXml","args":[[{"firstName":"John","lastName":"Doe","gender":"M","email":"john.doe@example.com"}]]}'

A2A JSON-RPC example

Send POST https://toolplaza.app/api/a2a with:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "1",
  "method": "message/send",
  "params": {
    "message": {
      "messageId": "uuid",
      "role": "user",
      "parts": [
        {
          "kind": "text",
          "text": "ignored"
        }
      ]
    },
    "metadata": {
      "toolplaza": {
        "skillId": "people__xml",
        "export": "peopleToXml",
        "args": [
          [
            {
              "firstName": "John",
              "lastName": "Doe",
              "gender": "M",
              "email": "john.doe@example.com"
            }
          ]
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

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