Get XML Node Text using LINQ To XML

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Trying to get the value for the "title" node from this XML -> http://feeds.feedburner.com/dotnetshoutout-published

I am using this code:

var d = XDocument.Load("http://feeds.feedburner.com/dotnetshoutout-published");
var node = d.Root.Descendants().Where(x => x.Name == "title").FirstOrDefault();

Always returns null. Making me crazy, any assistance is appreciated.

Selman Genç · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-10 22:23:31Z

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I guess you have an Xml Namespace on your elements.If so, your element name won't be just title, it will be namespace + title.Instead you should check the LocalName :

var node = d.Root.Descendants().Where(x => x.LocalName == "title").FirstOrDefault();

Or, you can look at the namespace of your elements and create an XNamespace and use it to fetch elements:

XNamespace ns = "yournamespace";
var node = d.Root.Descendants(ns + "title").FirstOrDefault();

You can read the documentation to find more info about how to deal with xml namespaces.

answered Oct 10, 2014 at 22:23

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DavidRR Over a year ago

Since the XML document in this case is an Atom feed, the namespace is http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom.

CmdrTallen Over a year ago

Awesome got it working like this; var d = XDocument.Load(url); var ns = d.Root.GetDefaultNamespace(); var node = d.Root.Descendants(ns + "title").FirstOrDefault(); string title = node != null ? node.Value : "";

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