How to get the source code of a html page using VB.net?

Question

I\'m writing a program that gets the source code of a web page with a video on it. It then uses regular expressions to isolate the download link of that video. then it uses

Answer 1

I have tried writing something like this in the past and found out that there are bunch of limitations in place (either by browsers or by protocol itself) to prevent automation. Creating an universal website parser will be impossible. You would have to write parsing routines for individual sites, based on the way they hide content from you. You first have to determine pattern of how each of these sites hide the content from user and then implement the actual parsing for each pattern (patterns being either a ling with video destination, or a button that pops up another window with the content video, or a button that executes a javascript that dynamically loads a video into current window)

Answer 2

This guy answered it very well.

How can I get HTML page source for websites in VB.NET?

This was his code:

Dim sourceString As String = New System.Net.WebClient().DownloadString("SomeWebPage")

Answer 3

Dim PictureURL As String = "http://www.bing.com" + New System.Net.WebClient().DownloadString("http://www.bing.com/HPImageArchive.aspx?format=rss&idx=0&n=1&mkt=de-DE").Replace("<link>", "|").Replace("</link>", "|").Split("|")(3)