---
name: "File::KDBX::Dumper::XML"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libfile-kdbx-perl"
version: "0.906-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/File::KDBX::Dumper::XML"
---

# File::KDBX::Dumper::XML(3pm)

Dump unencrypted XML KeePass files

## NAME

File::KDBX::Dumper::XML - Dump unencrypted XML KeePass files

## VERSION

version 0.906

## ATTRIBUTES

### allow\_protection

```
    $bool = $dumper->allow_protection;
```

Get whether or not protected strings and binaries should be written in an encrypted stream. Default: `"TRUE"`

### binaries

```
    $bool = $dumper->binaries;
```

Get whether or not binaries within the database should be written. Default: `"TRUE"`

### compress\_binaries

```
    $tristate = $dumper->compress_binaries;
```

Get whether or not to compress binaries. Possible values:

- •

  `"TRUE"` - Always compress binaries

- •

  `"FALSE"` - Never compress binaries

- •

  `"undef"` - Compress binaries if it results in smaller database sizes (default)

### compress\_datetimes

```
    $bool = $dumper->compress_datetimes;
```

Get whether or not to write compressed datetimes. Datetimes are traditionally written in the human-readable string format of `"1970-01-01T00:00:00Z"`, but they can also be written in a compressed form to save some bytes. The default is to write compressed datetimes if the KDBX file version is 4+, otherwise use the human-readable format.

### header\_hash

```
    $octets = $dumper->header_hash;
```

Get the value to be written as the **HeaderHash** in the **Meta** section. This is the way KDBX3 files validate the authenticity of header data. This is unnecessary and should not be used with KDBX4 files because that format uses HMAC-SHA256 to detect tampering.

File::KDBX::Dumper::V3 automatically calculates the header hash an provides it to this module, and plain XML files which don't have a KDBX wrapper don't have headers and so should not have a header hash. Therefore there is probably never any reason to set this manually.

## BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website \<https://github.com/chazmcgarvey/File-KDBX/issues\>

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

## AUTHOR

Charles McGarvey \<ccm@cpan.org\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2022 by Charles McGarvey.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.