For xml parsing of an inputstream you can do:

// the SAX way:
XMLReader myReader = XMLReaderFactory.createXMLReader();
myReader.setContentHandler(handler);
myReader.parse(new InputSource(new URL(url).openStream()));

// or if you prefer DOM:
DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
Document doc = db.parse(new URL(url).openStream());

But to communicate over http from server to client I prefer using hessian library or springs http invoker lib

It took me a bit of trial and error but I've got it. In C# make sure you are using - using System.Xml;

Here is the code using wunderground API. In order for this to work make sure you sign up for a key other wise it will not work. Where is say this your_key that is where you put in your key. It should look like something like this. I used a button and three labels to display the information.

namespace wfats2

{

  public partial class Form1 : Form

{

 public Form1()

        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

            XmlDocument doc1 = new XmlDocument();
            doc1.Load("http://api.wunderground.com/api/your_key/conditions/q/92135.xml");
            XmlElement root = doc1.DocumentElement;
            XmlNodeList nodes = root.SelectNodes("/response/current_observation");

            foreach (XmlNode node in nodes)
            {
                string tempf = node["temp_f"].InnerText;
                string tempc = node["temp_c"].InnerText;
                string feels = node["feelslike_f"].InnerText;

                label2.Text = tempf;
                label4.Text = tempc;
                label6.Text = feels;
            }



        }
    }
}

When you press the button you will get the information displayed in the labels assign. I am still experimenting and you are able to have some sort of refresh every so often instead of pressing the button every time to get an update.

Simply click the File button (the 3 lines), and click Save Page As.

For example, I went to xml-sitemaps.com/sitemap.xml and clicked Save Page As. It saved as XML to my local machine and loaded as such. Without any HTML.

The fact yours is saving HTML suggests the page you're saving is not an XML page but is an HTML page which just references XML. If that is the case, you'll need to locate the locations of the XML, navigate to them in the browser and then "Save Page As."

In later versions of Chrome, "Save Page As" is now under More tools section in the options menu.

you can get the data from the XML by using "simplexml_load_file" Function. Please refer this link

http://php.net/manual/en/function.simplexml-load-file.php

$url = "http://maps.google.com/maps/api/directions/xml?origin=Quentin+Road+Brooklyn%2C+New+York%2C+11234+United+States&destination=550+Madison+Avenue+New+York%2C+New+York%2C+10001+United+States&sensor=false";
$xml = simplexml_load_file($url);
print_r($xml);