LINQ to XML return second element

Question

I'm trying to return to the second <link> element in the XML from Flickr.

This always returns the first element:

ImageUrl = item.Element(ns + "link").Attribute("href").Value,

And this fails?

ImageUrl = item.Elements(ns + "link")[1].Attribute("href").Value,

Answer 1

According to the documentation Element returns the first matching child - Elements returns all matching children. To get the second just skip the first item and take the next one.

ImageUrl = item.Elements(ns + "link").Skip(1).First().Attribute("href").Value;

If you can't be certain there are two children you could do this:

XElement xe = item.Elements(ns + "link").Skip(1).FirstOrDefault();
if(xe != null)
{
    ImageUrl = ex.Attribute("href").Value;
}

Answer 2

You can use ElementAt to get the element at a specified position in an enumerable:

imageUrl = (string)item.Elements(ns + "link").ElementAt(1).Attribute("href");

Answer 3

Try .Skip(1).First().Attribute.... on the second snippet.