Read SourceCode of HTML page

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Hi,

In my application I want to show the description of a page which is available in some URL.

Now I want to get the Sourcecode of that URL.

After getting the SourceCode, I will save it into database.

And I will display whenever I want.

I have tried

C#

Method 1:

WebRequest req = WebRequest.Create("http://www.google.com");
WebResponse res = req.GetResponse();
StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(res.GetResponseStream());
string html = sr.ReadToEnd();

Method 2:

string address = "http://www.google.com/";

using (WebClient wc = new WebClient())
{
     string content = wc.DownloadString(address);
}

In both methods I am facing an error. Either it's timed out exception or unable to connect to the website remotely.

Please help

Posted 16-Oct-13 18:19pm

srmohanr

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2013-10-16T19:27:00

Solution 2

Just in case, try it with my HttpDownloader, which I published in full source code (just one file) here: how to download a file from internet[^].

It worked for me in most tricky situations. The code is short, yet you can learn some useful techniques.

—SA

Posted 16-Oct-13 19:27pm

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Updated 16-Oct-13 19:29pm

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pankaj mishra 1234 · Answer 2 · 2013-10-16T18:54:00

Solution 1

Better you can use the Webclient class to simplify your task:

using System.Net;
using (WebClient client = new WebClient())
{
string htmlCode = client.DownloadString(http://somesite.com/default.html);
}

Posted 16-Oct-13 18:54pm

pankaj mishra 1234

Updated 16-Oct-13 19:33pm

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