How can I save SPList in XML?

Question

I have some SPLists in my SP. I take some one List like that Guid listGuid = Guid.Parse(listID); and watch id SPList list = web.Lists[listGuid];. But i don't know how i can save list in xml file in folder list?

p.s.: when i say folder list I'm talking about list.RootFolder.

Answer 1

String myURL = "<your site URL>/_vti_bin/owssvr.dll?Cmd=Display&List={List GUID}&XMLDATA=TRUE";
HttpWebRequest myRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(myURL);
myRequest.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
HttpWebResponse myResponse = (HttpWebResponse)myRequest.GetResponse();
Encoding enc = System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding(0);
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(myResponse.GetResponseStream(), enc);
string result = reader.ReadToEnd();

Source

You can chuck this URL into your browser as well and you'll get back your list data in XML. You can include the GUID of a view to filter what comes back:

http://<site url>/_vti_bin/owssvr.dll?Cmd=Display&List=<listid>&View=<view guid>&Query=*&XMLDATA=TRUE