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diff --git a/src/libwebvi/webvi/json2xml.py b/src/libwebvi/webvi/json2xml.py
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+import sys
+import libxml2
+
+try:
+    import json
+except ImportError:
+    try:
+        import simplejson as json
+    except ImportError:
+        print 'Error: install simplejson'
+	raise
+
+def _serialize_to_xml(obj, xmlnode):
+    """Create XML representation of a Python object (list, tuple,
+    dist, or basic number and string types)."""
+    if type(obj) in (list, tuple):
+        listnode = libxml2.newNode('list')
+        for li in obj:
+            itemnode = libxml2.newNode('li')
+            _serialize_to_xml(li, itemnode)
+            listnode.addChild(itemnode)
+        xmlnode.addChild(listnode)
+
+    elif type(obj) == dict:
+        dictnode = libxml2.newNode('dict')
+        for key, val in obj.iteritems():
+            itemnode = libxml2.newNode(key.encode('utf-8'))
+            _serialize_to_xml(val, itemnode)
+            dictnode.addChild(itemnode)
+        xmlnode.addChild(dictnode)
+
+    elif type(obj) in (str, unicode, int, long, float, complex, bool):
+        content = libxml2.newText(unicode(obj).encode('utf-8'))
+        xmlnode.addChild(content)
+
+    elif type(obj) == type(None):
+        pass
+
+    else:
+        raise TypeError('Unsupported type %s while serializing to xml'
+                          % type(obj))
+
+def json2xml(jsonstr, encoding=None):
+    """Convert JSON string jsonstr to XML tree."""
+    try:
+        parsed = json.loads(jsonstr, encoding)
+    except ValueError:
+        return None
+
+    xmldoc = libxml2.newDoc("1.0")
+    root = libxml2.newNode("jsondocument")
+    xmldoc.setRootElement(root)
+
+    _serialize_to_xml(parsed, root)
+
+    return xmldoc
+
+def test():
+    xml = json2xml(open(sys.argv[1]).read())
+
+    if xml is None:
+        return
+
+    print xml.serialize('utf-8')
+
+    xml.freeDoc()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    test()