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Reading XML in Asp.net not getting any results

I am using following code to read an XML file from this address.
XmlDocument xdoc = new XmlDocument();
xdoc.Load("https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-daily.xml");
XmlNodeList nodeList = xdoc.DocumentElement.SelectNodes("//gesmes/Cube/Cube");
if (nodeList == null) lblOutput.Text = "node is null";
foreach (XmlNode node in nodeList)
{
XmlNode innerNode = node.SelectSingleNode(".//Cube");
lblOutput.Text = innerNode.Attributes["currency"].Value;
}
The problem is I don't get any thing. nodeList.Count always gives me 0.

You need to handle the namespaces correctly.
There are probably more then one way to handle them and this is one
XmlDocument xdoc = new XmlDocument();
xdoc.Load("https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-daily.xml");
XmlNamespaceManager xnm = new XmlNamespaceManager(xdoc.NameTable);
xnm.AddNamespace("gesmes", "http://www.gesmes.org/xml/2002-08-01");
xnm.AddNamespace("eurofxref", "http://www.ecb.int/vocabulary/2002-08-01/eurofxref");
XmlNodeList nodeList = xdoc.DocumentElement.SelectNodes("//gesmes:Envelope/eurofxref:Cube/eurofxref:Cube", xnm);
if (nodeList == null)
{
var text = "node is null";
}
foreach (XmlNode node in nodeList)
{
XmlNode innerNode = node.SelectSingleNode(".//eurofxref:Cube", xnm);
var text = innerNode.Attributes["currency"].Value;
}

I don't know why it has to be this complicated but....
XmlDocument xdoc = new XmlDocument();
xdoc.Load("https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-daily.xml");
XmlNamespaceManager xMan = new XmlNamespaceManager(xdoc.NameTable);
xMan.AddNamespace("def", "http://www.ecb.int/vocabulary/2002-08-01/eurofxref");
XmlNodeList nodeList = xdoc.DocumentElement.SelectNodes("//def:Cube", xMan);

Getting detail of XML node when I have found the relevant parent node?

I'm almost getting there, but I need some help.
This is the code that I use to process our XML file. I'm able to find the section that I need to store; I just don't know how to save it.
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.XmlResolver = null;
doc.Load(#"c:\xml\Sales.xml");
XmlElement root = doc.DocumentElement;
XmlNodeList nodes = root.SelectNodes("nd/ni/nv/noid");
foreach (XmlNode node in nodes)
{
if (node.OuterXml.IndexOf("Server=1,Function=1,Location=") > 0)
{
Console.WriteLine(node.OuterXml);
// This prints out "<noid>Server=1,Function=1,Location=24</noid>"
// How do I read the four <r> nodes within this <noid>?
// The values would be [124, 2, 43, 90]
}
}
The xml looks something like this:
<nd>
<ni>
<nv>
<noid>Managed=1,Network=1,smtp=1</noid>
<r>27</r>
<r>4</r>
</nv>
<nv>
<noid>Managed=1,Network=1,Ibc=1</noid>
<r>8</r>
<r>2</r>
</nv>
<nv>
<noid>Server=1,Function=1,Location=24</noid>
<r>124</r>
<r>2</r>
<r>43</r>
<r>90</r>
</nv>
<nv>
<noid>Unmanaged=9,Label=7,Place=5</noid>
<r>10</r>
<r>20</r>
</nv>
</ni>
</nd>
Console.WriteLine prints the correct <noid> text, so I know that I've already found the section with the relevant data.
My question is, how can I read the four <r> inside this <noid>? Ideally, within the IF statement, how can I read all the <r> elements that are between the <nv></nv>?
Thanks.

Using Linq-to-xml
var xmlText = File.ReadAllText(#"C:\YourDirectory\YourFile.xml");
var xDoc = XDocument.Parse(xmlText);
var rValues = new List<string>(); //THIS IS YOUR RESULT
var nvNodes = xDoc.Descendants("nv");
foreach(var el in nvNodes)
{
if (el.Element("noid").Value.Contains("Server=1,Function=1,Location="))
rValues = el.Elements("r").Select(e => e.Value).ToList();
}
Or, replacing the foreach with Linq (fails if First() is not satisfied)
var rValues = nvNodes.
First(nv => nv.Value.Contains("Server=1,Function=1,Location="))
.Elements("r")
.Select(r => r.Value);
A non-optimized, non-linq solution
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.XmlResolver = null;
doc.Load(#"C:\YourDirectory\YourFile.xml");
var rValues = new List<string>(); //THIS IS YOUR RESULT
XmlElement root = doc.DocumentElement;
XmlNodeList nodes = root.SelectNodes("//nd/ni/nv");
foreach (XmlNode node in nodes)
{
if (node.FirstChild.InnerText.Contains("Server=1,Function=1,Location="))
{
foreach(XmlNode childnode in node.ChildNodes)
{
if (childnode.Name == "r")
rValues.Add(childnode.InnerText);
}
}
}

Try this
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Linq;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string input =
"<nd>" +
"<ni>" +
"<nv>" +
"<noid>Managed=1,Network=1,smtp=1</noid>" +
"<r>27</r>" +
"<r>4</r>" +
"</nv>" +
"<nv>" +
"<noid>Managed=1,Network=1,Ibc=1</noid>" +
"<r>8</r>" +
"<r>2</r>" +
"</nv>" +
"<nv>" +
"<noid>Server=1,Function=1,Location=24</noid>" +
"<r>124</r>" +
"<r>2</r>" +
"<r>43</r>" +
"<r>90</r>" +
"</nv>" +
"<nv>" +
"<noid>Unmanaged=9,Label=7,Place=5</noid>" +
"<r>10</r>" +
"<r>20</r>" +
"</nv>" +
"</ni>" +
"</nd>";
XElement nd = XElement.Parse(input);
var results = nd.Descendants("nv").Select(x => new
{
noid = (string)x.Element("noid"),
r = x.Elements("r").Select(y => (int)y).ToList()
}).ToList();
}
}
}
​

A short, but difficult to understand XPath expression:
XmlNodeList rNodes = root.SelectNodes(
"nd/ni/nv[noid/text()[contains(.,'Server=1,Function=1,Location=')]]/r");
foreach (XmlNode rNode in rNodes)
Console.WriteLine(rNode.InnerText);

How to get attribute xml without loop c#

i have xml file like this
> <?xml version='1.0' ?>
<config>
<app>
<app version="1.1.0" />
> </app>
</config>
and i want to read attribute version from node app
without any loop like this
while(reader.read()) or foreach etc.
Thanks

XmlDocument document = new XmlDocument();
document.Load("D:/source.xml");
XmlNode appVersion1 = document.SelectSingleNode("//app[#version]/#version");
XmlNode appVersion2 = document["config"]["app"]["app"].Attributes["version"];
Console.WriteLine("{0}, {1}",
appVersion1.Value,
appVersion2.Value);

You can do it this way.
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
string str = "<config><app><app version=" + "\"1.1.0\"" + "/></app></config>";
doc.LoadXml(str);
var nodes = doc.GetElementsByTagName("app");
foreach (XmlNode node in nodes)
{
if (node.Attributes["version"] != null)
{
string version = node.Attributes["version"].Value;
}
}
And you need to this for loop cause you got two nodes with same name App.
If you have a single node with name App,
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
string str = "<config><app version=" + "\"1.1.0\"" + "/></config>";
doc.LoadXml(str);
var node = doc.SelectSingleNode("//app");
if (node.Attributes["version"] != null)
{
string version = node.Attributes["version"].Value;
Console.WriteLine(version);
}

You can use linq to do
string stringXml= "yourXml Here";
XElement xdoc = XElement.Parse(stringXml);
var result= xdoc.Descendants("app").FirstOrDefault(x=> x.Attribute("version") != null).attribute("version").Value;
or:
var result = xdoc.Descendants("app").Where(x => x.Attribute("version") != null)
.Select(x => new { Version = x.Value });

Problem in iterating sharepoint folder content

I am trying to access Folder from Document Library using web services in C#.
I am using SiteData's EnumerateFolder() method to get sub folders and files. But the method gives me only 3 properties for each entry.
IsFolder
Url
Last modified date
So how can we get 'Modified By' field value.
Or there is another solution for enumerating folders and subfolders.
Thanks.

You need to use the List API in order to get more properties from your objects.
[Edit - complete code sample]
The sample needs to be cleaned up, but should give you what you need
public void SomeFunction()
{
Lists lists = new Lists(); //http://server/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx
XmlNode coll = lists.GetListCollection();
XmlNamespaceManager nsMgr = new XmlNamespaceManager(coll.OwnerDocument.NameTable);
nsMgr.AddNamespace("sp", "http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/");
nsMgr.AddNamespace("z", "#RowsetSchema");
XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
XmlElement query = xmlDoc.CreateElement("Query");
XmlElement viewFields = xmlDoc.CreateElement("ViewFields");
XmlElement queryOptions = xmlDoc.CreateElement("QueryOptions");
viewFields.InnerXml = "<FieldRef Name=\"Modified_x0020_By\" />";
queryOptions.InnerXml = "<ViewAttributes Scope=\"RecursiveAll\"/>";
XmlNodeList siteLists = coll.SelectNodes("//sp:List", nsMgr);
foreach (XmlNode list in siteLists)
{
if (list.Attributes["ServerTemplate"].Value != "101") continue; //101=DocLib
XmlNode listItemCollection = lists.GetListItems(list.Attributes["Name"].Value, string.Empty, query,
viewFields, "4000",
queryOptions, null);
XmlNodeList listItems = listItemCollection.SelectNodes("//z:row", nsMgr);
foreach (XmlNode listItem in listItems)
{
if (listItem.Attributes["ows_FSObjType"] == null) continue;
if (!listItem.Attributes["ows_FSObjType"].Value.EndsWith("#1")) continue;
PrintModifiedBy(listItem);
}
}
}
private void PrintModifiedBy(XmlNode listItem)
{
string modifiedBy;
if (listItem.Attributes["Modified_x0020_By"] != null)
modifiedBy = listItem.Attributes["ows_Modified_x0020_By"].Value;
else
modifiedBy = listItem.Attributes["ows_Editor"].Value;
Console.WriteLine(modifiedBy);
}

Sharepoint via web service : checking if item exists in list

Because Microsoft did not include a way to have unique constraints in sharepoint, this has to be done manually.
I am inserting items into a sharepoint list via a web service method.
How can I check if an existing list item already exists with the same field ID value?
I've learnt I should be using wsLists.getListitems web service method, but its not exactly "user friendly". MSDN documentation is again not really great at explaining what should be an easy thing to do.

private bool itemDoesntExist()
{
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml("<Document><Query><Where><Contains><FieldRef Name=\"ID\" /><Value Type=\"Text\">" + this.ID + "</Value></Contains></Where></Query><ViewFields /><QueryOptions /></Document>");
XmlNode listQuery = doc.SelectSingleNode("//Query");
XmlNode listViewFields = doc.SelectSingleNode("//ViewFields");
XmlNode listQueryOptions = doc.SelectSingleNode("//QueryOptions");
XmlNode items = this.wsLists.GetListItems(this.ListName , string.Empty, listQuery, listViewFields, string.Empty, listQueryOptions, null);
if (items.ChildNodes[1].Attributes["ItemCount"].Value == "0")
{
return true;
}
else
{
return false;
}
}

Here's a procedure I wrote 2 years ago that pulls the ID of a document with a given filename... I think you could easily revise it to return true/false if a given ID exists in a list.
protected string GetDocumentID(Lists.Lists ls, string ListGUID, string FileName)
{
string strDocumentID = "-1";
string strViewGUID = "";
string strRowLimit = "50000";
XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
XmlNode query = xmlDoc.CreateNode(XmlNodeType.Element, "Query", "");
XmlNode viewFields = xmlDoc.CreateNode(XmlNodeType.Element, "ViewFields", "");
XmlNode queryOptions = xmlDoc.CreateNode(XmlNodeType.Element, "QueryOptions", "");
query.InnerXml = "";
viewFields.InnerXml = "";
queryOptions.InnerXml = "<IncludeAttachmentUrls>TRUE</IncludeAttachmentUrls>";
System.Xml.XmlNode nodeListItems = ls.GetListItems(ListGUID, strViewGUID, query, viewFields, strRowLimit, queryOptions, null);
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml(nodeListItems.InnerXml);
XmlNamespaceManager nsmgr = new XmlNamespaceManager(doc.NameTable);
nsmgr.AddNamespace("z", "#RowsetSchema");
nsmgr.AddNamespace("rs", "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset");
foreach (XmlNode node in doc.SelectNodes("/rs:data/z:row", nsmgr))
{
if (node.Attributes["ows_LinkFilename"].Value == FileName)
{
strDocumentID = node.Attributes["ows_ID"].Value;
break;
}
}
return strDocumentID;
}
Here's the code that calls it...
Lists.Lists ls = new Lists.Lists();
ls.PreAuthenticate = true;
ls.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
ls.Url = SharePointSiteURL + #"/_vti_bin/lists.asmx";
string DocID = GetDocumentID(ls, ListGUID, FileName);