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andriej
andriej

Reputation: 2266

.NET library to interact with a webpage programmatically

I need to parse some information from a website.

I know there are some testing tools that do that, but I need it to be done in real time, from ASP.NET webpage code. So I guess, I need a .NET library.

Previously I was just able to generate a specific URL and parse the HTML but now I have to get information from a page that is generated by AJAX calls after form clicks. So I have to generate those clicks, right?

BTW I only have (limited) experience with server side ASP.NET. Maybe the optimal solution is quite different to what I suspect?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 658

Answers (2)

Khalid Abuhakmeh
Khalid Abuhakmeh

Reputation: 10839

Take a look at Coypu. It wraps WatiN and Selenium giving you helper methods that make this kind of work a lot easier.

Upvotes: 1

Darin Dimitrov
Darin Dimitrov

Reputation: 1038810

You may take a look at WatiN.

From the homepage:

  • Automate all major HTML elements with ease
  • Find elements by multiple attributes
  • Native support for Page and Control model.
  • Supports AJAX website testing
  • Supports creating screenshots of webpages
  • Supports frames (cross domain) and iframes
  • Handles popup dialogs like alert, confirm, login etc..
  • Supports HTML dialogs (modal and modeless)
  • Easy to integrate with your favorit (unit) test tool
  • Works with Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8, 9 and FireFox 2 and 3
  • Can be used with any .Net Language
  • Licensed under the Apache License 2.0
  • Downloaded more than 120.000 times.
  • And since its open source you can add and contribute new features yourself!

Upvotes: 2

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