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Asked: 2026-05-13T12:25:10+00:00

I want to open a webpage (whose URL is given as the commandline argument)

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I want to open a webpage (whose URL is given as the commandline argument) and then want to save the content of that webpage as a .txt file.

Remember, I need the .txt file and not the source of the webpage.

I tried my hand with selenium and it works fine. But now I want something that doesn’t open the real browser as opening the browser and loading a page in it is a time consuming task.

I want to do it in java.

By content, I mean the text (without markups) which we get when we save a webpage in IE by going to “Save As” and then selecting “.txt” as the output format of the file.

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  1. Editorial Team

    If I understand correctly your question, you want to render the page and copy the rendered text without using a navigator.

    For this, you’ll need a headless browser. HTMLUnit would be a good choice.

    To get the text content, you could do it like this (not tested) :

    WebClient c = new WebClient(BrowserVersion.INTERNET_EXPLORER_6);
TextPage tp = c.getPage("yoururl");
String content = tp.getContent();

    (see Javadoc)

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