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Green Falcon
Green Falcon

Reputation: 836

Removing html contents from a web request using C#

I have the following code in C# which gets the contents of a web page and stores them in a string variable.

WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create("http://www.arsenal.com");
WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();
Stream data = response.GetResponseStream();
string html = String.Empty;
using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(data))
{
    html = sr.ReadToEnd();
}

The code works properly but m I need to store the content of the page without the html tags and Javascript stuff. Is there any way to do so (any built-in method or something ready for such things)?
Actually I have found some ways for removing html tags but Javascript and CSS styles still bother me. I have to mention that the way for removing html is also not working well, I'm using regular expressions for doing so.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 330

Answers (1)

GrandMasterFlush
GrandMasterFlush

Reputation: 6409

As this question suggests, it's a tricky process parsing HTML and the best approach is to use a library.

I've used the HTML Agility Pack before with some success though this question lists some other options.

Upvotes: 2

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