Read an XML file from http address

Question

I need to read an xml file using c#/.net from a source like so: https://10.1.12.15/xmldata?item=all

That is basically just an xml file.

StreamReader does not like that.

What's the best way to read the contents of that link?

The file looks like so:

- <RIMP>
     - <HSI>
       <SBSN>CZ325000123</SBSN> 
       <SPN>ProLiant DL380p Gen8</SPN> 
       <UUID>BBBBBBGGGGHHHJJJJ</UUID> 
       <SP>1</SP> 
       <cUUID>0000-000-222-22222-333333333333</cUUID> 
- <VIRTUAL>...

Answer 1

You'll want to use LINQ to XML to process the XML file. The XDocument.Load Method supports loading an XML document from an URI:

var document = XDocument.Load("https://10.1.12.15/xmldata?item=all");