Web content access

Hello everyone,
It has been a while and I need some help. I need to access specific
information on a third party web site and return that specific information o
n
a web site I am working on. Is there a library or namespace I can use that
will provide support for such a feature or do I have to use client-side
scripting, namely the navigate function in javascript. Any help in this
matter will be much appreciated.
Thank you in advance,
Sam I am-My problem though, is how do I access the remote page? I thought of using
javascripts' Navigate or location Method or property but all that does is
redirect to the provided url. I need to grab the information on the remote
page, stuff it into a string and parse it while remaining at the local or
rather current page without being redirected. Do you know of a Library in
.NET or of the proper javascript method to use inorder to accomplish my
requirements?
"Milosz Skalecki [MCAD]" wrote:
> Hi Sam,
> In this case i'd also recommend regular expressions.
> Regards
> --
> Milosz
>
> "I am Sam" wrote:
>
I'll have to parse the HTML from the pages. Most likely though stuff the
encoded information into a StringBuilder or a string.
"Milosz Skalecki [MCAD]" wrote:
> Howdy,
> Could you give us more details regarding the way data is exposed by this
> third party website? do you have to parse HTML from the pages, or get XML
> document?
> --
> Milosz
>
> "I am Sam" wrote:
>
Howdy,
Could you give us more details regarding the way data is exposed by this
third party website? do you have to parse HTML from the pages, or get XML
document?
--
Milosz
"I am Sam" wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> It has been a while and I need some help. I need to access specific
> information on a third party web site and return that specific information
on
> a web site I am working on. Is there a library or namespace I can use tha
t
> will provide support for such a feature or do I have to use client-side
> scripting, namely the navigate function in javascript. Any help in this
> matter will be much appreciated.
> Thank you in advance,
> Sam I am-
Howdy,
Sorry for my late reply. It's quite simple:
System.Net.WebRequest request =
System.Net.WebRequest.Create("http://www.microsoft.com/en/us/default.aspx");
request.Method = "GET";
System.Net.WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();
System.IO.Stream stream = response.GetResponseStream();
System.IO.StreamReader reader =
new System.IO.StreamReader(stream);
System.Text.StringBuilder html =
new System.Text.StringBuilder(reader.ReadToEnd());
// do something with the html returned for the page
--
Milosz
"I am Sam" wrote:
> My problem though, is how do I access the remote page? I thought of using
> javascripts' Navigate or location Method or property but all that does is
> redirect to the provided url. I need to grab the information on the remot
e
> page, stuff it into a string and parse it while remaining at the local or
> rather current page without being redirected. Do you know of a Library in
> .NET or of the proper javascript method to use inorder to accomplish my
> requirements?
> "Milosz Skalecki [MCAD]" wrote:
>
Thank you for your reply nevertheless. I figured it out but I used
HttpWebRequest with streamreader and used the post method as opposed to the
get method.
Everything is working fine except now I am stuck with the monotonous task of
parsing the HTML to get the elements I need. It is specially difficult
because the elements I need do not have ID's so I have to use Regex and do
some pattern matching.
:-S boring stuff. I hate Regular Expressions.
I am Sam-
"Milosz Skalecki [MCAD]" wrote:
> Howdy,
> Sorry for my late reply. It's quite simple:
> System.Net.WebRequest request =
> System.Net.WebRequest.Create("http://www.microsoft.com/en/us/default.aspx
");
> request.Method = "GET";
> System.Net.WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();
> System.IO.Stream stream = response.GetResponseStream();
> System.IO.StreamReader reader =
> new System.IO.StreamReader(stream);
> System.Text.StringBuilder html =
> new System.Text.StringBuilder(reader.ReadToEnd());
> // do something with the html returned for the page
> --
> Milosz
>
> "I am Sam" wrote:
>