Get Url from sitemap.xml using Linq2Xml

Problem
You want to get url link from sitemap.xml file.

Solution:
After downloading sitemap.xml string from internet by using WebClient, you can easy get url link form it by using Linq2Xml.

Here is the snippets code both C# and VB.NET

For demo purpose I use Console application.

C#
using System;

using System.Linq;

using System.Net;

using System.Xml.Linq;

namespace CS

{

    class Program

    {

        static void Main(string[] args)

        {

            WebClient client = new WebClient();

            string sitemap = client.DownloadString("http://code2code.info/sitemap.xml");

            XElement element = XElement.Parse(sitemap);

            var e = from i in element.Elements()

                    select i.FirstNode;

            foreach (XNode item in e)

            {

                string url = ((XElement)(item)).Value;

                Console.WriteLine(url);

            }

            Console.Read();

        }

    }

}

VB.NET
Imports System.Net

Imports System.Linq

Module Module1

    Sub Main()

        Dim client As New WebClient

        Dim str As String = client.DownloadString("http://code2code.info/sitemap.xml")

        Dim element As XElement = XElement.Parse(str)

        Dim e = From i In element.Elements() _

            Select i.FirstNode

        For Each item As XNode In e

            Dim url As String = (DirectCast(item, XElement)).Value

            Console.WriteLine(url)

        Next

        Console.Read()

    End Sub

End Module

When you run this code, you will see the result like screenshot below

Don’t forget checkout my code at: http://code2code.googlecode.com

GetUrlFromSitemap.rar (62.55 kb)