Retrieve XML from https using WebClient/HttpWebRequest - WP7

Question

I\'m trying to retrieve an XML document from a server and store it locally as a string. In desktop .Net I didn\'t need to, I just did:

        string xmlFile         


        

Answer 1

I rather think you've overcomplicated things. Below is a very simple example which requests an XML document from a URI over HTTPS.

It downloads the XML asynchronously as a string and then uses XDocument.Parse() to load it.

    private void button2_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        WebClient wc = new WebClient();
        wc.DownloadStringCompleted += HttpsCompleted;
        wc.DownloadStringAsync(new Uri("https://domain/path/file.xml"));
    }

    private void HttpsCompleted(object sender, DownloadStringCompletedEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.Error == null)
        {
            XDocument xdoc = XDocument.Parse(e.Result, LoadOptions.None);

            this.textBox1.Text = xdoc.FirstNode.ToString();
        }
    }