In C#, I am trying to get call a webservice which returns an XML file.
I can make a HttpWebRequest to the webservice and store the output in a StreamReader. But how can I convert this data into an XMLDocument?
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Is this a SOAP-based web service? Then you should not be using HttpWebRequest. Just use "Add Service Reference" and call the "methods" of the proxy class that is created for you - no XML involved. – John Saunders Nov 24 '10 at 21:51
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Use XmlDocument.Load() - I'm using the overload that accepts an XmlReader to cash in on XmlReader.Create's auto-encoding detection:
XmlDocument document = new XmlDocument();
using(Stream stream = request.GetResponse().GetResponseStream()) {
using(XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(stream)) {
document.Load(stream);
}
}
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2That assumes that the response stream encoding is the same as the XML encoding. It doesn't have to be. – Hans Passant Nov 24 '10 at 21:29
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5I note that whilst you are creating an XmlReader, you're still only passing the original 'stream' object into document.Load() – Jason Musgrove May 01 '12 at 07:19
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You should store the received output in a StringWriter or just a stringand the load it using XmlDocument.Load(string).
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Because he wants to store it :). Actually i would go for Jeff's solution above. – florin Nov 24 '10 at 23:00