How to parse HTML or convert HTML to XML so I extract the information out of the website (in C#)

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What is the best way to parse html in C#?

Is there a way to parse HTML or convert HTML to XML so I extract the information out of the website easily?

I'm working with C#.

Thank you,

Answer 1

HTMLAgilityPack is what you are looking for. Check out this tutorial Parsing HTML Document with HTMLAgilityPack

Answer 2

You can use the COM objects in Microsoft HTML Object Library to load HTML, and then use it's object model to navigate around. An example is shown below:

string html;
WebClient webClient = new WebClient();
using (Stream stream = webClient.OpenRead(new Uri("http://www.google.com")))
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream))
{
  html = reader.ReadToEnd();
}
IHTMLDocument2 doc = (IHTMLDocument2)new HTMLDocument();
doc.write(html);
foreach (IHTMLElement el in doc.all)
  Console.WriteLine(el.tagName);