How do I extract li tag data using HtlmlAgilityPack

Question

0.00/5 (No votes)

See more:

I am trying to capture the following values from the html below:

--> DURACELL
--> 2345268
--> 5000394002906

XML

<div id="productDescription">
    <ul>
        <li>
            <strong>Manufacturer:</strong>
            <a href="http://uk.Company.com/duracell">
                DURACELL
            </a>
        </li>
        <li>
            <strong>Order Code:</strong>
            2345268
        </li>
        <li>
            <strong>Manufacturer Part No</strong>
            5000394002906
        </li>
    </ul>
</div>

The code below will get the data, but all the formatting is still present (tabs, line divisions etc). I can see from the HAPExplorer that the values can be captured on their own. Therefore I know that there must be a better solution to mine.

XML

IEnumerable<HtmlNode> liContent = document.DocumentNode.SelectNodes("//div[@id='productDescription']/ul/li");

foreach (HtmlNode l in liContent)
{
    Console.WriteLine("InnerText: " + l.InnerText);
}

Thanks.

Posted 24-Mar-15 6:45am

Andrw_S

Add a Solution

Comments

ArunRajendra 24-Mar-15 23:43pm

Might you need to try Value or text.

1 solution

Add a Solution

Add your solution here

Treat my content as plain text, not as HTML

Preview 0

…

Existing Members

Sign in to your account

...or Join us

Download, Vote, Comment, Publish.

Your Email
Password
Forgot your password?

Your Email
This email is in use. Do you need your password?
Optional Password

I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Please subscribe me to the CodeProject newsletters

When answering a question please:

Read the question carefully.
Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar.
If a question is poorly phrased then either ask for clarification, ignore it, or edit the question and fix the problem. Insults are not welcome.
Don't tell someone to read the manual. Chances are they have and don't get it. Provide an answer or move on to the next question.

Let's work to help developers, not make them feel stupid.

This content, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Mario Z · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-25T00:55:00

Well judging from the provided XML content it seems that you want to retrieve the <li> element's last presented inner text.
In that case you can use the following:

C#

foreach (HtmlNode l in liContent)
    for (int i = l.ChildNodes.Count - 1; i >= 0; i--)
    {
        string lastInnerText = l.ChildNodes[i].InnerText.Trim();
        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(lastInnerText))
        {
            Console.WriteLine("InnerText: " + lastInnerText);
            break;
        }
    }