Tuesday, 5 September 2017

Return XML file from Controller's Action method to View in ASP.Net MVC

Return XML file from Controller's Action method to View in ASP.Net MVC

Description:

In this example we explain that how to return XML file from controllers action method to razor view in MVC.or how to get response form Action method as an XML file form controller in asp.net MVC.or how to send XML file as an JSON response from controllers action method to view in asp.net MVCX.

Here we demonstrate how to return ContentResult type as an XML file from Controllers action method to view in MVC.or how to bind or populate XML file in razor view in MVC.or dynamically display an XML file in razor view from controllers action method in mvc.

Controller:

  public class EmployeeController : Controller
        {
         

            // GET: Home
            public ActionResult Index()
            {
                return View();
            }

          
            [HttpPost]
            public ContentResult AjaxMethod()
            {
                string xml = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(Server.MapPath("~/XML/Employee.xml")); // here is your XML file Path
                return Content(xml);
            }

        }

View:

@{
    Layout = null;
}

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>
<head>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width"/>
    <title>Return XML file from Controller's Action method to View in ASP.Net MVC</title>
</head>
<body>
    <input type="button" id="btnZFetchXMLFile" value="Get XML"/>
    <hr/>
    <textarea id="txtdisplayXMLFile" rows="25" cols="40" style="border:none; overflow:hidden"></textarea>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(function () {
            $("#btnZFetchXMLFile").click(function () {
                $.ajax({
                    type: "POST",
                    url: "/Employee/AjaxMethod",
                    data: '',
                    contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
                    dataType: "text",
                    success: function (response) {
                        $("#txtdisplayXMLFile").val(response);
                    },
                    failure: function (response) {
                        alert(response.responseText);
                    },
                    error: function (response) {
                        alert(response.responseText);
                    }
                });
            });
        });
    </script>
</body>
</html>


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