title: Web API Receive XML from another API in VB.NET
body: <p>I'm new to web api's but do have a strong knowledge of VB.NET for website development. I'm trying to build an api that will receive xml from another api. I have my domain set up with the initial web api framework. I just need to know what function to use to accept and use the xml the other api is posting to my new api. The xml being passed is shown below. I'm trying to store these into variables which I will post to my table upon receiving them.</p>
  
  <p>Any help with this would be great as I've spent days researching but can't quite search the right terms to find what I'm looking for. Thanks in advance for any responses.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Example xml being posted from external API</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;exAPI&gt;
       &lt;client&gt;
            &lt;id&gt;1&lt;/id&gt;
            &lt;key&gt;1234&lt;/key&gt;
            &lt;ref&gt;&lt;/ref&gt;
       &lt;/client&gt;
  &lt;/exAPI&gt;
  </code></pre>