Retrieving raw HTML from web site...

[Terry Olsen]

I want to retrieve the raw HTML code from a web site into a file so I can
parse it. I tried lifting code out of Mike Gerlach's article
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/10/SpiderinNET/default.aspx),
but all I got in the final string was "System.Net[]". If anyone has a
different example I'd sure appreciate it. Thanks!

 

[Terry Olsen]

Ok, got it figured out. Found a good example on the MSDN web site...

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

I want to retrieve the raw HTML code from a web site into a file so I can
parse it. I tried lifting code out of Mike Gerlach's article
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/10/SpiderinNET/default.aspx),

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Imports System.IO
Imports System.Net
..
..
..
Public Function LoadTextFile(ByVal Url As String) As String
Dim wrq As WebRequest = WebRequest.Create(Url)
Dim wrp As HttpWebResponse = _
DirectCast(wrq.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse)
Dim sr As StreamReader = _
New StreamReader(wrp.GetResponseStream)
Dim Text As String = sr.ReadToEnd()
sr.Close()
wrp.Close()
Return Text
End Function
///