How to read XML document in C# [duplicate]

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First of all, sorry if this question is already answered, but i haven't found it.

I have an XML file that looks like this:

<data success="1" status="200">
    <id>SbBGk</id>
    <title/>
    <description/>
    <datetime>1341533193</datetime>
    <type>image/jpeg</type>
    <animated>false</animated>
    <width>2559</width>
    <height>1439</height>
    <size>521916</size>
    <views>1</views>
    <bandwidth>521916</bandwidth>
    <deletehash>eYZd3NNJHsbreD1</deletehash>
    <section/>
    <link>http://i.imgur.com/SbBGk.jpg</link>
</data>

I want to get the id as a string. Any ideas?

Note: The XML file is a web response, that i retrieve using:

XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
byte[] response = w.UploadValues("https://api.imgur.com/3/upload.xml", values);
string xml = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(response);
doc.LoadXml(xml);

Look into Xpath see : msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d271ytdx(v=vs.110).aspx & msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms256086(v=vs.110).aspx — Jon P
– Jon P, Commented Jun 1, 2017 at 23:14
Ditch XmlDocument. It's old and has been superseded by XDocument. Once you've got a valid XDocument, var id=(string)doc.Root.Element("id"); will do you. — spender
– spender, Commented Jun 1, 2017 at 23:16
Changed to XDocument and var id=(string)doc.Root.Element("id"); worked! Thanks — Charlystar
– Charlystar, Commented Jun 1, 2017 at 23:22
Nice explanation XDocument over XMLDocument stackoverflow.com/questions/1542073/xdocument-or-xmldocument — Mrunalini
– Mrunalini, Commented Aug 28, 2018 at 13:30

Ry.the.Stunner · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-02 00:36:24Z

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Instead of using XMLDocument, use XDocument.

XDocument doc = new XDocument();
doc.Load(xml);
string id = doc.Root.Element("id").Value;

answered Jun 2, 2017 at 0:36

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