How to download a webpage into a txt file using C#?

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I need to download the text content of a webpage and save it to a txt file using C#.

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I am a beginner in coding, I have googled and found someways to create and write a file using C#.But i couldn't get the c# tutorial for downloading a webpage into a txt file.

Posted 23-Mar-17 23:35pm

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Updated 24-Mar-17 0:06am

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Jochen Arndt · Answer 1 · 2017-03-24T00:03:00

See the WebClient.DownloadString Method (String) (System.Net)[^].
It gets the content of a web site into a string which can be written to a file.

But you should use the .htm or .html file extension because web sites are HTML. If you want the content of the web site as plain text, you have to use a HTML to text converter.

OriginalGriff · Answer 2 · 2017-03-24T00:06:00

Solution 3

It's pretty simple:

C#

WebClient wc = new WebClient();
string html = wc.DownloadString(URL);
File.WriteAllText(path, html);

Posted 24-Mar-17 0:06am

OriginalGriff