xml document dont read string to xml

Question

Hello guys Im trying to get access to specified values in XML. But my POST request return it as string in this format:

string smsList = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n<response>\n\t<Count>2</Count>\n\t<Messages>\n\t\t<Message>\n\t\t\t<Smstat>0</Smstat>\n\t\t\t<Index>20001</Index>\n\t\t\t<Phone>+number</Phone>\n\t\t\t<Content>Test4</Content>\n\t\t\t<Date>2021-12-11 14:24:23</Date>\n\t\t\t<Sca>+number</Sca>\n\t\t\t<SaveType>4</SaveType>\n\t\t\t<Priority>0</Priority>\n\t\t\t<SmsType>1</SmsType>\n\t\t</Message>\n\t\t<Message>\n\t\t\t<Smstat>0</Smstat>\n\t\t\t<Index>20000</Index>\n\t\t\t<Phone>+number</Phone>\n\t\t\t<Content>Test3</Content>\n\t\t\t<Date>2021-12-11 14:02:48</Date>\n\t\t\t<Sca>+number</Sca>\n\t\t\t<SaveType>4</SaveType>\n\t\t\t<Priority>0</Priority>\n\t\t\t<SmsType>1</SmsType>\n\t\t</Message>\n\t</Messages>\n</response>"

            smsList = smsList.Replace("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>", "");
            smsList = smsList.Replace("\n", "");
            smsList = smsList.Replace("\t", "");

            XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
            xmlDoc.LoadXml(smsList);

But issue is I tested mulplite variation to get access to attribute messages/message but it return nothing.

Answer 1

Try this:

using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Linq;
using System.Linq;

and

var xmlStr = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n<response>\n\t<Count>2</Count>\n\t<Messages>\n\t\t<Message>\n\t\t\t<Smstat>0</Smstat>\n\t\t\t<Index>20001</Index>\n\t\t\t<Phone>+number</Phone>\n\t\t\t<Content>Test4</Content>\n\t\t\t<Date>2021-12-11 14:24:23</Date>\n\t\t\t<Sca>+number</Sca>\n\t\t\t<SaveType>4</SaveType>\n\t\t\t<Priority>0</Priority>\n\t\t\t<SmsType>1</SmsType>\n\t\t</Message>\n\t\t<Message>\n\t\t\t<Smstat>0</Smstat>\n\t\t\t<Index>20000</Index>\n\t\t\t<Phone>+number</Phone>\n\t\t\t<Content>Test3</Content>\n\t\t\t<Date>2021-12-11 14:02:48</Date>\n\t\t\t<Sca>+number</Sca>\n\t\t\t<SaveType>4</SaveType>\n\t\t\t<Priority>0</Priority>\n\t\t\t<SmsType>1</SmsType>\n\t\t</Message>\n\t</Messages>\n</response>";
var document = XDocument.Parse(xmlStr);
var messages = document.Root.Descendants("Message").Select(x => new string[]
            {               
                x.Descendants("Smstat").FirstOrDefault().Value,
                x.Descendants("Index").FirstOrDefault().Value,
                x.Descendants("Phone").FirstOrDefault().Value.ToString(),
                x.Descendants("Content").FirstOrDefault().Value,
                x.Descendants("Date").FirstOrDefault().Value,
                x.Descendants("Sca").FirstOrDefault().Value,
                x.Descendants("SaveType").FirstOrDefault().Value,
                x.Descendants("Priority").FirstOrDefault().Value,
                x.Descendants("SmsType").FirstOrDefault().Value
            }).ToList();

Console.WriteLine("Smstat;Index;Phone;Content;Date;Sca;SaveType;Priority;SmsType");
foreach (var msg in messages)
{
  Console.WriteLine(String.Join(";", msg));
}

(It's also on a fiddle if you want to try it)