XmlToConsole Source Code

XmlToConsole Example, source code file Program.cs

using System;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using System.Net;
using System.IO;

// XmlToConsole Example
// Show node names and text for XML files on the internet.

namespace RssFeed
{
    public class Program
    {
        public static void Main()
        {
            WebRequest request = 
                WebRequest.Create("http://condor.depaul.edu/sjost");

// XML generated by an RSS feed.
            // WebRequest request = 
            // WebRequest.Create("http://dir.yahoo.com/rss/dir/getrss.php?science");
            
            WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();

//Get the Response Stream from the URL 
            Stream responseStream = response.GetResponseStream();

// Read the Response Stream using XmlTextReader 
            XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(responseStream);
            reader.WhitespaceHandling = WhitespaceHandling.None;

// Output information from nodes.
            while (reader.Read())
            {
                if (reader.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Node name: {0}", reader.Name);
                }
                else if (reader.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Text)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(reader.Value);
                }
            }
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}