What is the easiest approach to exporting a Sharepoint list in xml format?

Question

Pretty self explanatory. I just need to export lists easily to xml format. Are there any tools that accomplish this?

Answer 1

This is the method I use:

http://servername/site/_vti_bin/owssvr.dll?Cmd=Display&List=YOURUNIQUELISTID&XMLDATA=TRUE

Works like a charm.

Answer 2

You could also use the Lists webservice. http://server/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx

Answer 3

You can write a c# application pretty easily to connect to the sp list and export it out yourself.

A quick search on codeplex search comes up with one such program already made for this purpose! Hope this can help you: http://www.codeplex.com/SPListReader http://www.codeplex.com/SPListReader/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=15420

Answer 4

Any chance that the RSS feed is going to be XML enough for you?

Answer 5

On the SharePoint list click Actions > Open With Access > Right click on the table and choose export to xml.

Answer 6

In the actions menu of the list, select export to spreadsheet. Then open the exported Excel Web Query file and from the File menu, select "Save as" and save it as XML.

Answer 7

You can create a 'Content Query Tool Part' to export a list of pages on your SharePoint environment to a generated XML list. My favorite feature with this tool is that you can sort and filter the content you want generated on your XML file. You can learn more about it here through this tutorial by Waldek Mastykarz