Getting Text from a website

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Is there a way to get a Message from a website(like copy it), then have it show up in a textbox? If, so can you provide an example?

[kvprajapati]

>so can you provide an example?

You can use HttpWebRequest class or WebBrowser control.

[farooqaaa]

You can use WebRequest.

Here's an example:

Add reference: "using System.Net;"

WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create("http://www.google.com");
WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();

System.IO.StreamReader reader = new System.IO.StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream());

textBox1.Text = reader.ReadToEnd();

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Say I wanted to get this text : TEST

How would I get that?

[farooqaaa]

You will have to use Regular Expressions.

This will help:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/299942/regex-matching-html-tags-and-extracting-text

Thanks

[jakemdrew]

Most people use HTML Agility Pack for HTML text parsing. However, I find it a little robust and complicated for my own needs. I create a web browser control in memory, load the page, and copy the text from it. (see example below)

You can find 3 simple examples here:

http://jakemdrew.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/getting-only-the-text-displayed-on-a-webpage-using-c/