How to read XML data from a URL by using vb.NET and save
httprequest, vb.net
Solution
Why not just use the `WebClient` class and its `DownloadFile` method?? Seems a lot easier....
This is in C#, but you should have no trouble converting that to VB.NET:
WebClient wc = new WebClient();
wc.DownloadFile("http://xyz", @"C:\getxml.xml");
and you're done!
Marc
Problem
Friends, I am able to get XML file by sing bytes, perhaps which is getting some problem. Can u suggest me alternate method to do the same thing to save XML file? ``` Try Dim strUrl As String = "http://example.com" Dim wr As HttpWebRequest = CType(WebRequest.Create(strUrl), HttpWebRequest) Dim ws As HttpWebResponse = CType(wr.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse) ws.ContentType = "UTF-16" Dim str As Stream = ws.GetResponseStream() Dim inBuf(100000) As Byte Dim bytesToRead As Integer = CInt(inBuf.Length) Dim bytesRead As Integer = 0 While bytesToRead > 0 Dim n As Integer = str.Read(inBuf, bytesRead, bytesToRead) If n = 0 Then Exit While End If bytesRead += n bytesToRead -= n End While Dim fstr As New FileStream("c:/GetXml.xml", FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.Write) fstr.Write(inBuf, 0, bytesRead) str.Close() fstr.Close() Catch ex As WebException Response.Write(ex.Message) End Try ```