---
title: XML_PARSE
url: https://www.tines.com/docs/formulas/functions/xml-parse/
kind: formula-function
---
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# XML_PARSE
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Takes text containing XML and parses to an object
**Categories:** Data Parsing/Conversion
## Syntax
```
XML_PARSE(text)
```
## Examples
### Example 1
Input:
```json
{
"my_action": "\nWorld\nTines\nHello World!\n"
}
```
Formula:
```
XML_PARSE(my_action)
```
Output:
```json
{
"message": {
"body": "Hello World!",
"from": "Tines",
"to": "World"
}
}
```
## Sample actions
```json
{
"standardLibVersion": "13",
"actionRuntimeVersion": "1",
"agents": [
{
"disabled": false,
"name": "My Action",
"description": "",
"options": {
"mode": "message_only",
"loop": false,
"payload": "\nWorld\nTines\nHello World!\n"
},
"position": {
"x": 1470,
"y": 3390
},
"type": "eventTransformation",
"timeSavedUnit": "minutes",
"timeSavedValue": 0,
"monitorAllEvents": false,
"monitorFailures": false,
"monitorNoEventsEmitted": null,
"form": null
},
{
"disabled": false,
"name": "XML_PARSE",
"description": "",
"options": {
"mode": "message_only",
"loop": false,
"payload": {
"xml_parse": "=XML_PARSE(my_action)"
}
},
"position": {
"x": 1470,
"y": 3495
},
"type": "eventTransformation",
"timeSavedUnit": "minutes",
"timeSavedValue": 0,
"monitorAllEvents": false,
"monitorFailures": false,
"monitorNoEventsEmitted": null,
"form": null
}
],
"links": [
{
"sourceIdentifier": 0,
"receiverIdentifier": 1
}
],
"diagramNotes": []
}
```