Read XML file and display data using asp.net MVC

In this article I am going to explain how to read XML file and display data using asp.net MVC.

In previous article I have explained how to export table to Excel file usingAngularjs in asp.net MVC, how to import XML file data into Sql table usingSqlbulkcopy in asp.net and how to import xml file data into sql table usingstore procedure in asp.net.

Description:

I have XML of student detail. I want to read this file and display its data.

XML File:

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<students>

  <student>

    <name>Tarun</name>

    <class_Section>X-A</class_Section>

  <roll_no>1234</roll_no>

  </student>

<student>

    <name>Ram</name>

     <class_Section>X-A</class_Section>

  <roll_no>1235</roll_no>

  </student>

<student>

    <name>Rajeev</name>

      <class_Section>X-A</class_Section>

  <roll_no>1236</roll_no>

  </student>

<student>

    <name>Gopal</name>

    <class_Section>X-A</class_Section>

  <roll_no>1237</roll_no>

  </student>

</students>

Implementation:

First of all I have created a class in model.

Model

public partial class Studentdetail

    {

        public int ID { get; set; }

        public string name { get; set; }

        public string class_Section { get; set; }

          public string roll_no { get; set; }

    }

Add controller

Add empty controller to project. In index action method write the code to read xml file and display data.

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Web;

using System.Web.Mvc;

using MVC_Project.Models;

using System.Xml;

namespace MVC_Project.Controllers

{

    public class defaultController : Controller

    {

        public ActionResult Index()

        {          

            XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();

            List<Studentdetail> students = new List<Studentdetail>();

            doc.Load(Server.MapPath("student.xml"));

            foreach (XmlNode node in doc.SelectNodes("/students/student"))

            {

                students.Add(new Studentdetail

                {

                    name = node["name"].InnerText,

                    class_Section = node["class_Section"].InnerText,

                    roll_no = node["roll_no"].InnerText

                });

            }

            return View(students);

        }

    }

}

  

Add view

Add view for index action.

@{

    ViewBag.Title = "Index";

}

<style>

    table tr td{padding:0 20px}

</style>

<table>

    <tr>

        <th>Name</th>

        <th>Class section</th>

        <th>Roll no.</th>

    </tr>

    @foreach (MVC_Project.Models.Studentdetail student in Model)

    {

        <tr>

            <td>@student.name</td>

            <td>@student.class_Section</td>

            <td>@student.roll_no</td>

        </tr>

    }

</table>