C# Error in readering XML from URL

Question

I have an XML reader but I receive an error when I'm trying to read the XML from an URL (external source).

This is the code I have ATM:

XmlReader xmlReader = XmlReader.Create("http://dl.bukkit.org/api/1.0/downloads/projects/craftbukkit/view/build-1330/");
        while (xmlReader.Read())
        {

        }

Very simple code, but it returns an error which says:

Data at the root level is invalid. Line 1, position 1.

Any idea?
I can't edit the XML, because it's not mine.

Thanks in advance!

What does the Xml doc look like if you try to access it from your web browser? — Filburt
– Filburt, Commented Apr 11, 2012 at 8:06
@Phil This might be a noob question, but is it hard to read Json in C#? I'm still a little bit new... EDIT: Because when I read the file via WebClient I get an unformatted file back. — Yuki Kutsuya
– Yuki Kutsuya, Commented Apr 11, 2012 at 8:11
I don't know much about Json deserializers. I'm sure someone will help. — Phil
– Phil, Commented Apr 11, 2012 at 8:19

Gene · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-11 08:13:56Z

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If you use Fiddler to analyze the response returned by the sever, you'll see, that you get JSON instead of XML. You can add a parameter to the URL to get XML:

http://dl.bukkit.org/api/1.0/downloads/projects/craftbukkit/view/build-1330/?format=xml

answered Apr 11, 2012 at 8:13

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Yuki Kutsuya Over a year ago

So what this does is it converts the page to XML? It seems to work tho :).

Gene Over a year ago

You have three options here. First, you can set the Accept header to text/xml, which seems to be a little bit tricky with the XmlReader. Second, you can add the parameter which is a feature of the API you are using and therefore isn't standardized. Third, you can parse the JSON returned by the web service using the DataContractJsonSerializer or other third-party components (which would be the fastest approach of the three).

Yuki Kutsuya Over a year ago

Json seems a little bit hard for me :(, I think im going with the second option, the parameter. But I'm going to look at the third option for sure, thanks!

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