vb.net split help required

Question

im currently trying to grab an avatar from an html web source, probllem is theres several img sources and containers that have the same name, heres the current part i need

</div>

<div class="content no_margin">

    <img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4787d9302360d807f3e6f94125f7754c?&d=mm&r=g&s=250" /><br />
    <br />
    <a class="link" href="http://sharefa.st/user/donkey">Uploads</a><br />
    <a class="link" href="http://sharefa.st/user/donkey/favorites">Favorites</a><br />

</div>
        </div>       

        <div id="content" class="left">
            <div class="header">

    Uploads

</div>

<div class="content no_margin">

        <div class="profile_box">

        <div class="profile_info">

Now the part i need to grab is:

 <img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4787d9302360d807f3e6f94125f7754c?&d=mm&r=g&s=250" /><br />

this image, Any help and id be grateful!

Answer 1

try:

    Dim wb As New WebBrowser
    wb.Navigate("")
    Do While wb.ReadyState <> WebBrowserReadyState.Complete
        Application.DoEvents()

    Loop
    wb.DocumentText = HtmlString 'Your Html
    For Each img As HtmlElement In wb.Document.GetElementsByTagName("img")
        If InStr(img.GetAttribute("src"), "avatar") Then
            MsgBox(img.GetAttribute("src"))
        End If
    Next

Answer 2

You appear to be attempting to parse HTML 'by hand'. Please don't.

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2009/11/parsing-html-the-cthulhu-way.html

see this question for some alternatives How do you parse an HTML in vb.net

Answer 3

Use regular expression to find what you're looking for: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/twcw2f1c.aspx

The example code demonstrates pretty much your scenario.