XML to JSON

import xmltodict
import pprint
import json
xml_content = """
     <note>
       <to>Tove</to>
       <from>Jani</from>
       <heading>Reminder</heading>
       <body>Don't forget me this weekend!</body>
   </note>
"""
xml_content
"\n     <note>\n       <to>Tove</to>\n       <from>Jani</from>\n       <heading>Reminder</heading>\n       <body>Don't forget me this weekend!</body>\n   </note>\n"
pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=4)
pp.pprint(json.dumps(xml_content))
('"\\n     <note>\\n       <to>Tove</to>\\n       <from>Jani</from>\\n       '
 "<heading>Reminder</heading>\\n       <body>Don't forget me this "
 'weekend!</body>\\n   </note>\\n"')