100 KB XML sample file
An XML file of exactly 102,400 bytes. It is a valid Extensible Markup Language file, generated for this site and checked with an independent parser.
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sample-xml-100kb.xml
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- Type
- application/xml
- SHA-256
c98a650c012b15262b06f3a88393521d4792bf16146f5c21a838154a0f45ecb0- Direct URL
https://sampletestfiles.com/downloads/xml/sample-xml-100kb.xml
What is in this file
A <customers> root element holding 320 fictional records that mix child elements, attributes and an empty element. An XML comment before the closing tag brings the file to the exact size.
| Elements | 320 <customer> records |
|---|---|
| Root element | <customers> |
| Declaration | XML 1.0, UTF-8 |
| Encoding | UTF-8 (ASCII characters only) |
| Line endings | LF |
How the file begins
The opening lines of sample-xml-100kb.xml, exactly as they appear in the file.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<customers generator="SampleTestFiles" description="Sample XML file (100 KB) for testing">
<customer id="1" active="true">
<name><first>Ethan</first><last>Zeller</last></name>
<email>ethan.zeller1@example.com</email>
<address city="Pune" country="IN"/>
<signup>2021-07-10</signup>
<balance currency="USD">2769.84</balance>
<note>Billing contact changed recently</note>
</customer>
<customer id="2" active="true">
<name><first>Elena</first><last>Underhill</last></name>
<email>elena.underhill2@example.net</email>
<address city="Porto Alegre" country="BR"/>Preview
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Where 100 KB matters
A 102,400-byte file that sits exactly on the default request-body limit of Express. These are the default limits a file of this size is useful for testing:
| System | Limit | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Express body parsers | 100 KB (102,400 bytes) by default | A request body of exactly this size passes; anything larger returns 413 Payload Too Large. |
| Gmail message clipping | About 102 KB of HTML | Longer messages are truncated behind a "view entire message" link. |
| Amazon DynamoDB items | 400 KB per item | 100 KB fits; the 500 KB sample does not. |
Use this file for
- Checking email size handling
- Testing feed readers and SOAP clients
- Testing XML parsers and data import
Testing notes for XML
- Namespaces change element identity: <name> in two namespaces is two different elements.
- Parsers that resolve external entities can be made to read local files or call internal services, an attack called XXE. Disable DTD processing for untrusted input.
Technical details
| File name | sample-xml-100kb.xml |
|---|---|
| Format | XML (Extensible Markup Language) |
| Extension | .xml |
| MIME type | application/xml |
| Size | 102,400 bytes (100 KB) |
| Kind | Text |
| Signature | 3C 3F 78 6D 6C |
| SHA-256 | c98a650c012b15262b06f3a88393521d4792bf16146f5c21a838154a0f45ecb0 |
| Created | 2026-10-10 |
| Validation | Exact size, signature bytes and structure checked when the file was generated |
| Preview | Available on this page |
| Source | Generated for this site; not copied from elsewhere |
| Licence | Free to use, modify and redistribute (terms) |
| Category | Data |
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Questions about this file
- Is this file exactly 100 KB?
- Yes. It is 102,400 bytes, which is 100 KB in the binary units that operating systems and server limits use (1 KB = 1,024 bytes).
- What is inside the 100 KB XML file?
- A <customers> root element holding 320 fictional records that mix child elements, attributes and an empty element. An XML comment before the closing tag brings the file to the exact size.
- Do the XML samples use a DTD or entities?
- No. They have an XML declaration and no DOCTYPE, so they are safe for parsers with DTD processing disabled.