Converting a HtmlAgilityPack.HtmlNode to a string

Question

private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            MessageBox.Show("In devolopment","Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK);
            HtmlAgilityPack.HtmlWeb hw = new HtmlAgilityPack.HtmlWeb();
            HtmlAgilityPack.HtmlDocument doc = hw.Load("https://www.stackoverflow.com");
            foreach (HtmlAgilityPack.HtmlNode link in doc.DocumentNode.SelectNodes("//a[@href]"))
            {
                usercon(link);
            }

        }

.

public void usercon(string toprint)
        {
            richTextBox1.Text += "\r\n";
            richTextBox1.Text += toprint;
            //richTextBox1.
        }

I need to be able to convert link to a string so that in can be used in the function usercon

This is my first time using the HtmlAgilityPack.

What does usercon expect? A URL, the hyperlink text, or something else? — goTo-devNull
– goTo-devNull, Commented Mar 10, 2017 at 0:10
@Beall619 String that represent what? URL, HTML tag, or what? Please give as an example of correct value for link.. — har07
– har07, Commented Mar 10, 2017 at 3:44
This will be a web crawler "eventually". A correct link would be "stackoverflow.com" — Beall619
– Beall619, Commented Mar 10, 2017 at 3:48

Markus · Accepted Answer · 2017-12-12 23:00:10Z

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According to the source code found here: https://htmlagilitypack.codeplex.com/SourceControl/latest#Release/1_4_0/HtmlAgilityPack/HtmlNode.cs
See also (new) documentation: http://html-agility-pack.net/outer-html HtmlNode has an OuterHtml property and its source on GitHub.

private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    MessageBox.Show("In devolopment","Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK);
    HtmlAgilityPack.HtmlWeb hw = new HtmlAgilityPack.HtmlWeb();
    HtmlAgilityPack.HtmlDocument doc = hw.Load("https://www.stackoverflow.com");
    foreach (HtmlAgilityPack.HtmlNode link in doc.DocumentNode.SelectNodes("//a[@href]"))
    {
        usercon(link.OuterHtml);
    }
}

edited Dec 12, 2017 at 23:00

answered Mar 9, 2017 at 23:04

Markus

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2 Comments

Beall619 Over a year ago

That works however im getting more than just links in the output. I dont know much about html however there is syntax in the output.

Beall619 Over a year ago

Im sure i can make a filter for correct formats. Other than that what you suggested works!

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