In C#.net, how can I parse HTML?

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I have a webbrowser control. I navigate it to some address. When it loaded i want to pick only urls from inside this codes. Is it possible to handle the html like xml? If it is possible i can use othe DOM properties too. Any xml like ingredient container object to pass the html into it? Thank you.

Din't exactly understand what you are trying to do. Could you explain a little more? — Roopesh Shenoy, Aug 22 '10 at 19:27
Yes, i have a little project. On the form there is a webbrowser control. When it loaded with an url, i want to pickup url ( tags) addresses and put them into a collection, or write them into a textarea. To do these, i would like to use it like xml. Should i then convert the html into xhtml or something else? Now i am searching on HTML Agility Pack. Any native methods wellcome. Thank you PS: Sorry for my poor English. — Caglar Or, Aug 22 '10 at 19:56

Doctor Jones · Answer 1 · 2023-01-12T09:15:52.177

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Sounds like you need to use the HTML agility pack

Also see this other stack overflow question:

C# Is there a LINQ to HTML, or some other good .Net HTML manipulation API?

edited Jan 12 '23 at 09:15

answered Aug 22 '10 at 19:24

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 24 '10 at 06:03

Yes, you can use MSHTML to navigate the DOM. You would need to add a reference to Microsoft.mshtml in your project. An example of using it to get all links in a document would be:

private void webBrowser1_DocumentCompleted(object sender, WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventArgs e)
{
    HtmlDocument doc = webBrowser1.Document;

    foreach (HtmlElement element in doc.Links)
    {
        HTMLAnchorElement link = (HTMLAnchorElement) element.DomElement;
        Debug.WriteLine(link.href);
    }
}

In C#.net, how can I parse HTML?

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