C# Convert Relative to Absolute Links in HTML String

Question

I\'m mirroring some internal websites for backup purposes. As of right now I basically use this c# code:

System.Net.WebClient client = new System.Net.WebCli         


        

Answer 1

You could use the HTMLAgilityPack accomplish this. You would do something along these (not tested) lines:

• Load the url
• Select all links
• Load the link into a Uri and test whether it is relative If it relative convert it to absolute
• Update the links value with the new uri
• save the file

Here are a few examples:

Relative to absolute paths in HTML (asp.net)

http://htmlagilitypack.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Examples&referringTitle=Home

http://blog.abodit.com/2010/03/a-simple-web-crawler-in-c-using-htmlagilitypack/