So far I have the following code:
Dim wreqBalQtr As HttpWebRequest = WebRequest.Create("http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/incomeStatement/detail?stmtType=BAL&perType=INT&symbol=" & tickerValue)
wreqBalQtr.UserAgent = "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091102 Firefox/3.5.5"
wreqBalQtr.Method = "get"
Dim proxBalQtr As IWebProxy = wreqBalQtr.Proxy
proxBalQtr.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials
Dim documentBalQtr As New HtmlAgilityPack.HtmlDocument
Dim webBalQtr As New HtmlAgilityPack.HtmlWeb
webBalQtr.UseCookies = True
webBalQtr.PreRequest = New HtmlAgilityPack.HtmlWeb.PreRequestHandler(AddressOf onPreReq)
wreqBalQtr.CookieContainer = cookies
Dim resBalQtr As HttpWebResponse = wreqBalQtr.GetResponse()
documentBalQtr.Load(resBalQtr.GetResponseStream, True)
Dim TotalCurrentAssets = documentBalQtr.DocumentNode.SelectSingleNode("//table[@class='dataTable Financials']//tr[13]//td[3]")
And the HTML is:
<table class="dataTable financials" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<th class="rh">
<span class="units">
In Millions of U.S. Dollars<br/>
(except for per share items)<br/>
</span>
</th>
<th class="data">
2012<br/>
2012-09-30<br/>
<span class="period">
</span>
</th>
<th class="data">
2012<br/>
2012-06-30<br/>
<span class="period">
</span>
</th>
<th class="data">
2012<br/>
2012-03-31<br/>
<span class="period">
</span>
</th>
<th class="data">
2011<br/>
2011-12-31<br/>
<span class="period">
Reclassified<br/>
2012-06-30<br/>
</span>
</th>
<th class="data">
2011<br/>
2011-09-30<br/>
<span class="period">
</span>
</th>
</tr>
<tr class="both stripe ">
<td class="rh">Cash</td>
<td class="data plus">6,224.0</td>
<td class="data plus">7,463.0</td>
<td class="data plus">11,239.0</td>
<td class="data plus">4,712.0</td>
<td class="data plus">4,209.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both ">
<td class="rh">Cash & Equivalents</td>
<td class="data plus">10,036.0</td>
<td class="data plus">7,974.0</td>
<td class="data plus">11,869.0</td>
<td class="data plus">5,271.0</td>
<td class="data plus">6,421.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both stripe ">
<td class="rh">Short Term Investments</td>
<td class="data plus">29,464.0</td>
<td class="data plus">27,685.0</td>
<td class="data plus">26,208.0</td>
<td class="data plus">34,643.0</td>
<td class="data plus">31,930.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both ">
<td class="rh">Cash and Short Term Investments</td>
<td class="data plus">45,724.0</td>
<td class="data plus">43,122.0</td>
<td class="data plus">49,316.0</td>
<td class="data plus">44,626.0</td>
<td class="data plus">42,560.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both stripe ">
<td class="rh">Accounts Receivable - Trade, Net</td>
<td class="data plus">7,259.0</td>
<td class="data plus">6,866.0</td>
<td class="data plus">5,163.0</td>
<td class="data plus">5,427.0</td>
<td class="data plus">4,583.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both ">
<td class="rh">Notes Receivable - Short Term</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both stripe ">
<td class="rh">Receivables - Other</td>
<td class="data plus">550.0</td>
<td class="data plus">475.0</td>
<td class="data plus">550.0</td>
<td class="data plus">745.0</td>
<td class="data plus">1,278.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both ">
<td class="rh">Total Receivables, Net</td>
<td class="data plus">7,809.0</td>
<td class="data plus">7,341.0</td>
<td class="data plus">5,713.0</td>
<td class="data plus">6,172.0</td>
<td class="data plus">5,861.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both stripe ">
<td class="rh">Total Inventory</td>
<td class="data plus">618.0</td>
<td class="data plus">634.0</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">35.0</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both ">
<td class="rh">Prepaid Expenses</td>
<td class="data plus">2,440.0</td>
<td class="data plus">2,614.0</td>
<td class="data plus">1,779.0</td>
<td class="data plus">1,710.0</td>
<td class="data plus">1,406.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="sum stripe ">
<td class="rh">Other Current Assets, Total</td>
<td class="data plus">230.0</td>
<td class="data plus">146.0</td>
<td class="data plus">51.0</td>
<td class="data plus">215.0</td>
<td class="data plus">215.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both total">
<td class="rh">Total Current Assets</td>
<td class="data plus">56,821.0</td>
<td class="data plus">53,857.0</td>
<td class="data plus">56,859.0</td>
<td class="data plus">52,758.0</td>
<td class="data plus">50,042.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both stripe ">
<td class="rh">Property/Plant/Equipment, Total - Gross</td>
<td class="data plus">17,038.0</td>
<td class="data plus">16,137.0</td>
<td class="data plus">14,963.0</td>
<td class="data plus">14,400.0</td>
<td class="data plus">13,815.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both ">
<td class="rh">Accumulated Depreciation, Total</td>
<td class="data minus">(5,637.0)</td>
<td class="data minus">(5,228.0)</td>
<td class="data minus">(5,088.0)</td>
<td class="data minus">(4,797.0)</td>
<td class="data minus">(4,611.0)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both stripe ">
<td class="rh">Property/Plant/Equipment, Total - Net</td>
<td class="data plus">11,401.0</td>
<td class="data plus">10,909.0</td>
<td class="data plus">9,875.0</td>
<td class="data plus">9,603.0</td>
<td class="data plus">9,204.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both ">
<td class="rh">Goodwill, Net</td>
<td class="data plus">10,485.0</td>
<td class="data plus">10,120.0</td>
<td class="data plus">7,325.0</td>
<td class="data plus">7,346.0</td>
<td class="data plus">6,989.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both stripe ">
<td class="rh">Intangibles, Net</td>
<td class="data plus">7,754.0</td>
<td class="data plus">7,862.0</td>
<td class="data plus">1,541.0</td>
<td class="data plus">1,578.0</td>
<td class="data plus">1,474.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="sum ">
<td class="rh">Long Term Investments</td>
<td class="data plus">1,063.0</td>
<td class="data plus">1,040.0</td>
<td class="data plus">880.0</td>
<td class="data plus">790.0</td>
<td class="data plus">891.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both stripe ">
<td class="rh">Note Receivable - Long Term</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
</tr>
<tr class="sum ">
<td class="rh">Other Long Term Assets, Total</td>
<td class="data plus">2,206.0</td>
<td class="data plus">2,263.0</td>
<td class="data plus">664.0</td>
<td class="data plus">499.0</td>
<td class="data plus">488.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="sum stripe ">
<td class="rh">Other Assets, Total</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both total">
<td class="rh">Total Assets</td>
<td class="data plus">89,730.0</td>
<td class="data plus">86,051.0</td>
<td class="data plus">77,144.0</td>
<td class="data plus">72,574.0</td>
<td class="data plus">69,088.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both stripe ">
<td class="rh">Accounts Payable</td>
<td class="data plus">2,233.0</td>
<td class="data plus">2,419.0</td>
<td class="data plus">760.0</td>
<td class="data plus">588.0</td>
<td class="data plus">563.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both ">
<td class="rh">Payable/Accrued</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both stripe ">
<td class="rh">Accrued Expenses</td>
<td class="data plus">6,347.0</td>
<td class="data plus">5,551.0</td>
<td class="data plus">3,429.0</td>
<td class="data plus">4,356.0</td>
<td class="data plus">3,563.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both ">
<td class="rh">Notes Payable/Short Term Debt</td>
<td class="data plus">3,218.0</td>
<td class="data plus">3,218.0</td>
<td class="data plus">2,468.0</td>
<td class="data plus">1,218.0</td>
<td class="data plus">1,218.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both stripe ">
<td class="rh">Current Port. of LT Debt/Capital Leases</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
</tr>
<tr class="sum ">
<td class="rh">Other Current liabilities, Total</td>
<td class="data plus">2,636.0</td>
<td class="data plus">2,840.0</td>
<td class="data plus">3,085.0</td>
<td class="data plus">2,751.0</td>
<td class="data plus">3,544.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both stripe total">
<td class="rh">Total Current Liabilities</td>
<td class="data plus">14,434.0</td>
<td class="data plus">14,028.0</td>
<td class="data plus">9,742.0</td>
<td class="data plus">8,913.0</td>
<td class="data plus">8,888.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both ">
<td class="rh">Long Term Debt</td>
<td class="data plus">2,988.0</td>
<td class="data plus">2,987.0</td>
<td class="data plus">2,987.0</td>
<td class="data plus">2,986.0</td>
<td class="data plus">2,986.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both stripe ">
<td class="rh">Capital Lease Obligations</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both ">
<td class="rh">Total Long Term Debt</td>
<td class="data plus">2,988.0</td>
<td class="data plus">2,987.0</td>
<td class="data plus">2,987.0</td>
<td class="data plus">2,986.0</td>
<td class="data plus">2,986.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both stripe ">
<td class="rh">Total Debt</td>
<td class="data plus">6,206.0</td>
<td class="data plus">6,205.0</td>
<td class="data plus">5,455.0</td>
<td class="data plus">4,204.0</td>
<td class="data plus">4,204.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="sum ">
<td class="rh">Deferred Income Tax</td>
<td class="data plus">1,461.0</td>
<td class="data plus">1,509.0</td>
<td class="data plus">384.0</td>
<td class="data plus">287.0</td>
<td class="data plus">263.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both stripe ">
<td class="rh">Minority Interest</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
</tr>
<tr class="sum ">
<td class="rh">Other Liabilities, Total</td>
<td class="data plus">2,819.0</td>
<td class="data plus">2,806.0</td>
<td class="data plus">2,319.0</td>
<td class="data plus">2,243.0</td>
<td class="data plus">2,121.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both stripe total">
<td class="rh">Total Liabilities</td>
<td class="data plus">21,702.0</td>
<td class="data plus">21,330.0</td>
<td class="data plus">15,432.0</td>
<td class="data plus">14,429.0</td>
<td class="data plus">14,258.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="sum ">
<td class="rh">Redeemable Preferred Stock, Total</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
</tr>
<tr class="sum stripe ">
<td class="rh">Preferred Stock - Non Redeemable, Net</td>
<td class="data plus">0.0</td>
<td class="data plus">0.0</td>
<td class="data plus">0.0</td>
<td class="data plus">0.0</td>
<td class="data plus">0.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="sum ">
<td class="rh">Common Stock, Total</td>
<td class="data plus">22,204.0</td>
<td class="data plus">21,357.0</td>
<td class="data plus">20,795.0</td>
<td class="data plus">20,264.0</td>
<td class="data plus">19,697.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both stripe ">
<td class="rh">Additional Paid-In Capital</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both ">
<td class="rh">Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit)</td>
<td class="data plus">45,456.0</td>
<td class="data plus">43,280.0</td>
<td class="data plus">40,495.0</td>
<td class="data plus">37,605.0</td>
<td class="data plus">34,901.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both stripe ">
<td class="rh">Treasury Stock - Common</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both ">
<td class="rh">ESOP Debt Guarantee</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both stripe ">
<td class="rh">Unrealized Gain (Loss)</td>
<td class="data plus">566.0</td>
<td class="data plus">389.0</td>
<td class="data plus">416.0</td>
<td class="data plus">327.0</td>
<td class="data plus">99.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="sum ">
<td class="rh">Other Equity, Total</td>
<td class="data minus">(198.0)</td>
<td class="data minus">(305.0)</td>
<td class="data plus">6.0</td>
<td class="data minus">(51.0)</td>
<td class="data plus">133.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both stripe total">
<td class="rh">Total Equity</td>
<td class="data plus">68,028.0</td>
<td class="data plus">64,721.0</td>
<td class="data plus">61,712.0</td>
<td class="data plus">58,145.0</td>
<td class="data plus">54,830.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both total">
<td class="rh">Total Liabilities & Shareholders' Equity</td>
<td class="data plus">89,730.0</td>
<td class="data plus">86,051.0</td>
<td class="data plus">77,144.0</td>
<td class="data plus">72,574.0</td>
<td class="data plus">69,088.0</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both stripe ">
<td class="rh">Shares Outs - Common Stock Primary Issue</td>
<td class="data plus">264.52</td>
<td class="data plus">261.58</td>
<td class="data plus">259.50</td>
<td class="data plus">257.55</td>
<td class="data plus">255.70</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both ">
<td class="rh">Shares Outstanding - Common Issue 2</td>
<td class="data plus">64.04</td>
<td class="data plus">65.36</td>
<td class="data plus">66.40</td>
<td class="data plus">67.34</td>
<td class="data plus">68.05</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both stripe ">
<td class="rh">Shares Outstanding - Common Issue 3</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both ">
<td class="rh">Shares Outstanding - Common Issue 4</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both stripe total">
<td class="rh">Total Common Shares Outstanding</td>
<td class="data plus">328.55</td>
<td class="data plus">326.94</td>
<td class="data plus">325.91</td>
<td class="data plus">324.89</td>
<td class="data plus">323.76</td>
</tr>
<tr class="both total">
<td class="rh">Total Preferred Shares Outstanding</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
<td class="data plus">--</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
When I try to use the variable TotalCurrentAssets to pull the second column from the Total Current Assets row (the number should be 53,857.0). I get "NullReferenceException was unhandled by user code. Object reference not not set to an instance of object."
Does this mean that the variable TotalCurrentAssets returns nothing? I'm assuming that my error is in my last line of code.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I don't know if the impacts my problem or not but I run this code before the code from my original post:
Dim wreqBeta As HttpWebRequest = WebRequest.Create("http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=" & tickerValue)
wreqBeta.UserAgent = "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091102 Firefox/3.5.5"
wreqBeta.Method = "get"
Dim proxBeta As IWebProxy = wreqBeta.Proxy
proxBeta.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials
Dim documentBeta As New HtmlAgilityPack.HtmlDocument
Dim webBeta As New HtmlAgilityPack.HtmlWeb
webBeta.UseCookies = True
webBeta.PreRequest = New HtmlAgilityPack.HtmlWeb.PreRequestHandler(AddressOf onPreReq)
wreqBeta.CookieContainer = cookies
Dim resBeta As HttpWebResponse = wreqBeta.GetResponse()
documentBeta.Load(resBeta.GetResponseStream, True)
Dim beta = documentBeta.DocumentNode.SelectSingleNode("//div[@id='overallRatios']//table[@class='dataTable']//tr[1]//td[2]")
Do I need to close anything from this code before starting to parse the new webpage?