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Convert a XML to CSV using C#

How to convert a XML file to a CSV file in C#, showing only these Tags: <original-impot-no>, <price>, <Small-price>, <Big-price>?
sample XML code: it represents one line among several lines, and every line may contains several <product-lineitem>Tags
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<impots xmlns="http://www.google.com/xml/impot//20016-02-31">
<impot impot-no="W0110891258">
<impot-date>2017-12-10T22:33:35.000Z</impot-date>
<prop-by>Yallo</prop-by>
<original-impot-no>891258</original-impot-no>
<currency>EUR</currency>
<server-locale>Esp</server-locale>
<lax>gross</lax>
<current-impot-no>123358</current-impot-no>
<product-lineitems>
<product-lineitem>
<price>450</price>
<red>6.50</red>
<Small-price>39</Small-price>
<Big-price>3229</Big-price>
<lineitem-text>Grand create</lineitem-text>
<basis>234.00</basis>
</product-lineitem>
</product-lineitems>
<product-lineitem>
<price>432</price>
<red>12</red>
<Small-price>44</Small-price>
<Big-price>34</Big-price>
<lineitem-text>Small create</lineitem-text>
<basis>44.00</basis>
</product-lineitem>
</product-lineitems>
</impot>
</impots>
I should get someting like this in y CSV file:
891258;450;39;229
891258;432;44;34
the C# code:
the problem that Im facing with this code is that I can not retrieve the descandent of the TAG <impot>
XmlTextReader xtr = new XmlTextReader(#"C:\Temp_Convert\Impot.xml");
StringBuilder dataToBeWritten = new StringBuilder();
while (xtr.Read())
{
if (xtr.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element && xtr.Name == "original-impot-no")
{
string s1 = xtr.ReadElementString();
dataToBeWritten.Append(s1);
dataToBeWritten.Append(";");
}
else if (xtr.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element && xtr.Name == "price")
{
string s2 = xtr.ReadElementString();
dataToBeWritten.Append(s2);
dataToBeWritten.Append(";");
}
else if (xtr.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element && xtr.Name == "Small-price")
{
string s2 = xtr.ReadElementString();
dataToBeWritten.Append(s2);
dataToBeWritten.Append(";");
dataToBeWritten.Append(0);
dataToBeWritten.Append(Environment.NewLine);
}
else if (xtr.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element && xtr.Name == "Big-price")
{
string s2 = xtr.ReadElementString();
dataToBeWritten.Append(s2);
dataToBeWritten.Append(";");
dataToBeWritten.Append(0);
dataToBeWritten.Append(Environment.NewLine);
}
}
File.WriteAllText(#"C:\Temp_Convert\Impot.csv", dataToBeWritten.ToString());
}
Can somebody please propose a solution, thank you so much in advance.

You have an invalid XML. I guess here is the correct format.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<impots xmlns="http://www.google.com/xml/impot//20016-02-31">
<impot impot-no="W0110891258">
<impot-date>2017-12-10T22:33:35.000Z</impot-date>
<prop-by>Yallo</prop-by>
<original-impot-no>891258</original-impot-no>
<currency>EUR</currency>
<server-locale>Esp</server-locale>
<lax>gross</lax>
<current-impot-no>123358</current-impot-no>
<product-lineitems>
<product-lineitem>
<price>450</price>
<red>6.50</red>
<Small-price>39.00</Small-price>
<Big-price>3229.00</Big-price>
<lineitem-text>Grand create</lineitem-text>
<basis>234.00</basis>
</product-lineitem>
</product-lineitems>
<product-lineitems>
<product-lineitem>
<price>432</price>
<red>12</red>
<Small-price>44.00</Small-price>
<Big-price>34.00</Big-price>
<lineitem-text>Small create</lineitem-text>
<basis>44.00</basis>
</product-lineitem>
</product-lineitems>
</impot>
</impots>
You couldn't retrieve the descendant because you are not including the namespace http://www.google.com/xml/impot//20016-02-31.
Here is how the code should be.
XNamespace ns = "http://www.google.com/xml/impot//20016-02-31";
var results = xDocument.Descendants(ns + "impot");
Then, you need to modify your query to retrieve elements that you need.
Here is the sample. I assume that product-lineitems only has one child product-lineitem.
var results = xDocument.Descendants(ns + "impot").Select(x => new {
ImpotNo = x.Attribute("impot-no")?.Value,
ProductLineItems = x.Descendants(ns + "product-lineitems").Select(y => new
{
Item = y.Descendants(ns + "product-lineitem").Select(z => new
{
Price = z.Element(ns + "price")?.Value,
SmallPrice = z.Element(ns + "Small-price")?.Value,
BigPrice = z.Element(ns + "Big-price")?.Value,
}).FirstOrDefault()
})
});
foreach (var result in results)
{
foreach (var productLine in result.ProductLineItems)
{
dataToBeWritten.Append(result.ImpotNo);
dataToBeWritten.Append(";");
dataToBeWritten.Append(productLine.Item.Price);
dataToBeWritten.Append(";");
dataToBeWritten.Append(productLine.Item.SmallPrice);
dataToBeWritten.Append(";");
dataToBeWritten.Append(productLine.Item.BigPrice);
dataToBeWritten.Append(";");
dataToBeWritten.Append(0);
dataToBeWritten.Append(Environment.NewLine);
}
}

Well, first I tried to reformat your XML to be a bit more readable but the tag structure still seems wrong...
<impots
xmlns="http://www.google.com/xml/impot//20016-02-31">
<impot impot-no="W0110891258">
<impot-date>2017-12-10T22:33:35.000Z</impot-date>
<prop-by>Yallo</prop-by>
<original-impot-no>891258</original-impot-no>
<currency>EUR</currency>
<server-locale>Esp</server-locale>
<lax>gross</lax>
<current-impot-no>123358</current-impot-no>
<product-lineitems>
<product-lineitem>
<price>450</price>
<red>6.50</red>
<Small-price>39.00</Small-price>
<Big-price>3229.00</Big-price>
<lineitem-text>Grand create</lineitem-text>
<basis>234.00</basis>
-
</product-lineitems>
-
</product-lineitem>
<product-lineitems>
<product-lineitem>
<price>432</price>
<red>12</red>
<Small-price>44.00</Small-price>
<Big-price>34.00</Big-price>
<lineitem-text>Small create</lineitem-text>
<basis>44.00</basis>
</product-lineitems>
</product-lineitem>
Nonetheless, I'm guessing this line is incorrect since "impot-no" is an attribute...
impot-no = (string)x.Element("impot impot-no")
Perhaps you meant that line to be...
impot-no = (string)x.Attribute("impot-no").Value
Going by memory -- hopefully that is the correct way to retrieve an attribute.

Review the following code. Note the use of SelectMany to get the impot items to construct the desired object models.
XNamespace ns = "http://www.google.com/xml/impot//20016-02-31";
var results = xDocument.Descendants(ns + "impot")
.SelectMany(impot => impot.Descendants(impot.Name.Namespace + "product-lineitem")
.Select(item => new {
ImpotNo = (string)impot.Element(impot.Name.Namespace + "original-impot-no"),
Price = (string)item.Element(item.Name.Namespace + "price"),
SmallPrice = (string)item.Element(item.Name.Namespace + "Small-price"),
BigPrice = (string)item.Element(item.Name.Namespace + "Big-price"),
})
).ToList();
for (int i = 0; i < results.Count; i++) {
dataToBeWritten.Append(results[i].ImpotNo);
dataToBeWritten.Append(";");
dataToBeWritten.Append(results[i].Price);
dataToBeWritten.Append(";");
dataToBeWritten.Append(results[i].SmallPrice);
dataToBeWritten.Append(";");
dataToBeWritten.Append(results[i].BigPrice);
dataToBeWritten.Append(";");
dataToBeWritten.Append(0);
dataToBeWritten.Append(Environment.NewLine);
}
Also note the syntax used for the properties.

Not able to read XML string in C#

I have created a XML string and Looping that to get value. But its not entering in foreach loop. But in my other code same loop code is working.
my code is :
XML string:
<SuggestedReadings>
<Suggestion Text="Customer Centricity" Link="http://wdp.wharton.upenn.edu/book/customer-centricity/?utm_source=Coursera&utm_medium=Web&utm_campaign=custcent" SuggBy="Pete Fader�s" />
<Suggestion Text="Global Brand Power" Link="http://wdp.wharton.upenn.edu/books/global-brand-power/?utm_source=Coursera&utm_medium=Web&utm_campaign=glbrpower" SuggBy="Barbara Kahn�s" />
</SuggestedReadings>
Code Is:
string str = CD.SRList.Replace("&", "&");
XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
xmlDoc.LoadXml(str);
XmlNode SuggestionListNode = xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("/SuggestedReadings/Suggestion");
foreach (XmlNode node in SuggestionListNode)
{
COURSESUGGESTEDREADING CSR = new COURSESUGGESTEDREADING();
var s = db.COURSESUGGESTEDREADINGS.OrderByDescending(o => o.SRID);
CSR.SRID = (s == null ? 0 : s.FirstOrDefault().SRID) + 1;
CSR.COURSEID = LibId;
CSR.TEXT = node.Attributes.GetNamedItem("Text").Value;
CSR.LINK = node.Attributes.GetNamedItem("Link").Value; ;
CSR.SUGBY = node.Attributes.GetNamedItem("SuggBy").Value; ;
CSR.ACTIVEFLAG = "Y";
CSR.CREATEDBY = CD.CreatedBy;
CSR.CREATEDDATE = DateTime.Now;
db.COURSESUGGESTEDREADINGS.Add(CSR);
}

You should use SelectNodes, not SelectSingleNode, since you are trying to get multiple rows out of the XML document.
Use this:
XmlNodeList SuggestionListNode = xmlDoc.SelectNodes("//Suggestion");
foreach (XmlNode node in SuggestionListNode)
{
}

You can try this.
XDocument xdoc = XDocument.Load("data.xml");
var xmlData = from lv1 in xdoc.Descendants("Suggestion")
select new {
Text = lv1.Attribute("Text").Value,
Link = lv1.Attribute("Link").Value,
SuggBy = lv1.Attribute("SuggBy").Value
};
foreach (var item in xmlData){
// your logic here
}

Obtain XML child nodes using C#

This is my first time attempting to parse XML using C# and feel like I'm running in circles right now. I am calling a WCF web service which, based upon user input, conducts a search through a database against company names. It returns the results in an XML document with each entry formatted as it is below.
Given this XML structure, how would I go about obtaining the values for the d:AccountId and d:Name nodes using C#?
<entry>
<id></id>
<title type=\"text\"></title>
<updated></updated>
<author><name /></author>
<link rel=\"edit\" title=\"Account\" href=\"AccountSet\" />
<category term=\"Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Data.Services.Account\" scheme=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/scheme\" />
<content type=\"application/xml\">
<m:properties>
<d:neu_UniqueId></d:neu_UniqueId>
<d:AccountId m:type=\"Edm.Guid\"></d:AccountId>
<d:Name></d:Name>
</m:properties></content>
</entry>
Here is my first attempt. The program threw an exception at the node3 variable.
try
{
WebRequest myWebRequest = WebRequest.Create(URL);
myWebRequest.PreAuthenticate = true;
myWebRequest.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
//myWebRequest.Headers.Add("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", url);
WebResponse myWebResponse = myWebRequest.GetResponse();
Stream myFileStreamResult = myWebResponse.GetResponseStream();
Encoding encoder = System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding("utf-8");
StreamReader readStream = new StreamReader(myFileStreamResult, encoder);
results = readStream.ReadToEnd();
XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
xmlDoc.LoadXml(results);
XmlNodeList parentNode = xmlDoc.GetElementsByTagName("entry");
foreach (XmlNode childNode in parentNode)
{
string node = childNode.ToString();
string node2 = childNode.Value;
string node3 = childNode.Attributes["title"].Value;
string node7 = childNode.Attributes["m:properties"].Value;
string node8 = childNode.Attributes["m:properties\\d:AccountId"].Value;
string node9 = childNode.Attributes["m:properties\\d:Name"].Value;
string node10 = childNode.Attributes["m:properties\\d:AccountId"].Value;
}
}

Assuming the API reliably returns that XML structure you can simply specify the path to the node as "/entry/m:properties" then call get children. After that you'll want to loop over those nodes, checking for the nodes you want.
Currently your foreach loop is attempting all of those operations on the <id></id> node which causes an Exception because there is no "title" attribute.
So to give some sample code, you're looking for something like this;
XmlNode props = root.SelectSingleNode("/entry/m:properties");
for (int i = 0; i < props.ChildNodes.Count; i++)
{
if (propes.ChildNodes[i].Name = "node I want")
{
//do something
}
}
Or if you specifically only want those two values, then just use SelectSingleNode with the full path to that node. From your question it sounds like there is no reason to use iteration. So you could simply do;
string accountName = root.SelectSingleNode("/entry/m:properties/d:Name").InnerXml;
to get the account name.

using Linq2Xml will probably be a little easier.
var xml = "<entry xmlns:m=\"ns1\" xmlns:n=\"ns2\" xmlns:d=\"ns3\">" +
"<id></id>" +
"<title type=\"text\"></title>" +
"<updated></updated>" +
"<author><name /></author>" +
"<link rel=\"edit\" title=\"Account\" href=\"AccountSet\" />" +
"<category term=\"Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Data.Services.Account\" scheme=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/scheme\" />" +
"<content type=\"application/xml\">" +
"<m:properties>" +
"<d:neu_UniqueId></d:neu_UniqueId>" +
"<d:AccountId m:type=\"Edm.Guid\">Account ID</d:AccountId>" +
"<d:Name>Account Name</d:Name>" +
"</m:properties></content>" +
"</entry>";
const string namespaceM = "ns1";
const string namespaceD = "ns3";
using (var stream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(xml)))
{
using (var reader = XmlReader.Create(stream))
{
var document = XDocument.Load(reader, LoadOptions.None);
var contentNode = document.Elements().First().Elements().First(e => e.Name.LocalName == "content");
var propertiesNode = contentNode.Elements().First(d => d.Name.LocalName == "properties" && d.Name.Namespace == namespaceM);
var accountIdNode = propertiesNode.Elements().First(d => d.Name.LocalName == "AccountId" && d.Name.Namespace == namespaceD);
var nameNode = propertiesNode.Elements().First(d => d.Name.LocalName == "Name" && d.Name.Namespace == namespaceD);
var accountIdText = accountIdNode.Value;
var nameText = nameNode.Value;
}
}

something wrong reading XML LINQ

This is my source XML :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<cteProc xmlns="http://www.portalfiscal.inf.br/cte" versao="1.04">
<CTe>
<infCte versao="1.04" Id="CTe35121004211559000111570010000118991000119858">
<ide>
<cUF>35</cUF>
<cCT>00011985</cCT>
<CFOP>7358</CFOP>
<natOp>PRESTACAO DE SERVICO DE TRANSPORTE</natOp>
<forPag>1</forPag>
<mod>57</mod>
<serie>1</serie>
<nCT>11899</nCT>
<dhEmi>2012-10-01T09:34:45</dhEmi>
</ide>
<compl>
<emit>
<rem>
<dest>
<vPrest>
<imp>
<infCTeNorm>
</infCte>
<Signature xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#">
</CTe>
<protCTe versao="1.04">
</cteProc>
I have read this file with this code :
XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(#"C:\Separados\56000858_v01.04-procCTe.xml");
XmlNodeType type;
while (reader.Read())
{
type = reader.NodeType;
if (type == XmlNodeType.Element)
{
if (reader.Name == "cUF")
{ reader.Read(); Xmunini = reader.Value; textBox1.Text = Xmunini;}
if (reader.Name == "cCT")
{ reader.Read(); vtprest = reader.Value; textBox2.Text = vtprest;}
if (reader.Name == "natOp")
{ reader.Read(); UFIni = reader.Value; textBox3.Text = UFIni; }
if (reader.Name == "nCT")
{ reader.Read(); NCT = reader.Value; textBox4.Text = NCT;}
But, i have read in many post here , the method with LINQ is more efficient, i have try write this :
var custs45 = from c in XElement.Load(#"C:\Separados\56000858_v01.04-procCTe.xml").Elements("Cte")
select new {
CFOP = c.Element("CFOP").Value,
xMunIni = c.Element("xMunIni").Value
};
My question is how to assign CFOP and Xmunini to a variable?? i have write this but do not show anything
string CFF;
foreach (var valores in custs45)
{
CFF = valores.CFOP.ToString() ;
}

You can't find nodes, because root node has namespace delcared. Here is the solution:
XDocument xdoc = XDocument.Load(path_to_xml);
XNamespace ns = "http://www.portalfiscal.inf.br/cte";
string CFF = (string)xdoc.Descendants(ns + "CFOP").Single();
Also you have typo in CTe element name. And you are missing that CFOP is not direct child of CTe. And there is still no xMunIni element in your xml.
Your original query should look like this:
XNamespace ns = "http://www.portalfiscal.inf.br/cte";
var custs45 = from ide in XElement.Load(path_to_xml).Descendants(ns + "ide")
select new
{
CFOP = (string)ide.Element(ns + "CFOP"),
xMunIni = (string)ide.Element(ns + "xMunIni")
};

Count child nodes of node matching listbox item

Im having a problem here with selected index change. My xml file contains module number, module name, assesments, credits etc. What im trying to achieve here is - some course details are loaded into listbox from xml (module name and code) but when user selects a module, label should display how many assessments that module has.
Here is my XML file sample
<module>
<moduleCode>ECWM618</moduleCode>
<moduleTitle>Semantic and Social Web</moduleTitle>
<credits>15</credits>
<semester>2</semester>
<assessmentDetails>
<assessment>
<assessmentName>Coursework1</assessmentName>
<assessmentType>Coursework</assessmentType>
<assessmentWeighting>25</assessmentWeighting>
</assessment>
<assessment>
<assessmentName>Coursework2</assessmentName>
<assessmentType>Coursework</assessmentType>
<assessmentWeighting>25</assessmentWeighting>
</assessment>
<assessment>
<assessmentName>Exam</assessmentName>
<assessmentType>Exam</assessmentType>
<assessmentWeighting>50</assessmentWeighting>
</assessment>
</assessmentDetails>
</module>
And here is the code i got
private void moduleSummaryBox_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// when module from modulelist is selected, it read all indicies assigned to the module.
//!!!!!!!! it reads last node only :(? wtf im tired ...lol
//
// read data from modulelist
string path = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();
FileStream fs = new FileStream(#"myCourse.xml", FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read);
XmlReader moduleReader = XmlReader.Create(fs);
moduleReader.Read();
while (moduleReader.Read())
{
int assessmentNo = 0;
bool match = false;
moduleReader.MoveToElement();
if (moduleReader.Name == "assessmentName")
{
moduleReader.Read();// reads xml file.
XmlNodeType nType = moduleReader.NodeType; //XmlNodeType Specifies the type of node. If node matches specified name = true.
if (nType == XmlNodeType.Text)// if node type match XmlNodeType ( and there is some text in it) statement becomes true
{
this.assno.Text = (moduleReader.Value.ToString()); //set mcode label to matched node.
}
}
if (moduleReader.Value.ToString() == moduleSummaryBox.Items[moduleSummaryBox.SelectedIndex].ToString())
{
match = true;
}
if (match == true)
{
break;
}
}
}
Help appreciated thank you :)
EDIT:
This is what goes into listbox
moduleSummaryBox.Items.Clear();
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.Load(#"myCourse.xml");
XmlNodeList levelList = doc.GetElementsByTagName("level"+l_level);
foreach (XmlNode node in levelList)
{
XmlElement moduleElement = (XmlElement)node;
XmlNodeList modules_individ = moduleElement.GetElementsByTagName("module");
foreach (XmlNode nodes in modules_individ)
{
XmlElement moduleSeperator = (XmlElement)nodes;
string ll_moduleCode = moduleSeperator.GetElementsByTagName("moduleCode")[0].InnerText;
string ll_moduleTitle = moduleSeperator.GetElementsByTagName("moduleTitle")[0].InnerText;
moduleSummaryBox.Items.Add(ll_moduleCode+" : " + ll_moduleTitle+" ");
}
}

Can you Try With the code sample below:-
const string xmlString =
"<module><moduleCode>ECWM618</moduleCode><moduleTitle>Semantic and Social Web</moduleTitle><credits>15</credits>" +
"<semester>2</semester><assessmentDetails><assessment><assessmentName>Coursework1</assessmentName><assessmentType>Coursework</assessmentType>" +
"<assessmentWeighting>25</assessmentWeighting></assessment><assessment><assessmentName>Coursework2</assessmentName><assessmentType>Coursework</assessmentType>" +
"<assessmentWeighting>25</assessmentWeighting></assessment><assessment><assessmentName>Exam</assessmentName><assessmentType>Exam</assessmentType><assessmentWeighting>50</assessmentWeighting></assessment></assessmentDetails></module>";
var xml = XElement.Parse(xmlString);
var qry =
xml.Descendants()
.Where(e => e.Name == "moduleCode" && e.Value == "ECWM618")
.Ancestors()
.Descendants()
.Where(e => e.Name == "assessmentDetails")
.Elements("assessment").Count();