Question

I obtain a webpage’s html code (as a string) using a WebClient.

However I want to turn it into an HtmlDocument object so I can use the DOM features this class offers. Currently the only way I know how to do it – is using a Browser control as follows:

            string pageHtml = client.DownloadString(url);

            browser.ScriptErrorsSuppressed = true;

            browser.DocumentText = pageHtml;

            do
            {
                Application.DoEvents();

            } while (browser.ReadyState != WebBrowserReadyState.Complete);

            return browser.Document;

Is there another way of doing it? I know there are other browser controls avaliable, but is there a simpler way?

Answer 1

You can use HtmlAgilityPack …. For example:

HtmlAgilityPack.HtmlDocument doc = new HtmlAgilityPack.HtmlDocument();
doc.LoadHtml(html);

var results = doc.DocumentNode
    .Descendants("div")
    .Select(n => n.InnerText);