how to extract the wiki code instead of html from a page on wikipedia in c#?

Any ideas how to download the wiki code that shows up on a Wikipedia page when you click "edit" on one of the Wikipedia pages? Example:

//EXAMPLE:



using System.Net;



public void download() {

    string page = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albatross&action=edit";



    using (WebClient client = new WebClient())

    {

        string htmlCode = client.DownloadString(page);

        // how to get the wiki code in the html edit box here?

}

asked Nov 20 '18 at 19:43

Bill Moore

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it appears to be within a textarea, so find the textarea in your response and then get the content within it
– ADyson
Nov 20 '18 at 19:45

1

Use action=raw, see How to download the wikicode of a Wikipedia page?
– wimh
Nov 20 '18 at 19:49

1

What have you tried so far? Where is your concrete problem? Have you inspected the response?
– Markus Safar
Nov 20 '18 at 19:49

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Any ideas how to download the wiki code that shows up on a Wikipedia page when you click "edit" on one of the Wikipedia pages? Example:

//EXAMPLE:



using System.Net;



public void download() {

    string page = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albatross&action=edit";



    using (WebClient client = new WebClient())

    {

        string htmlCode = client.DownloadString(page);

        // how to get the wiki code in the html edit box here?

}

asked Nov 20 '18 at 19:43

Bill Moore

1,6751118

it appears to be within a textarea, so find the textarea in your response and then get the content within it
– ADyson
Nov 20 '18 at 19:45

1

Use action=raw, see How to download the wikicode of a Wikipedia page?
– wimh
Nov 20 '18 at 19:49

1

What have you tried so far? Where is your concrete problem? Have you inspected the response?
– Markus Safar
Nov 20 '18 at 19:49

add a comment |

Any ideas how to download the wiki code that shows up on a Wikipedia page when you click "edit" on one of the Wikipedia pages? Example:

//EXAMPLE:



using System.Net;



public void download() {

    string page = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albatross&action=edit";



    using (WebClient client = new WebClient())

    {

        string htmlCode = client.DownloadString(page);

        // how to get the wiki code in the html edit box here?

}

asked Nov 20 '18 at 19:43

Bill Moore

1,6751118

Any ideas how to download the wiki code that shows up on a Wikipedia page when you click "edit" on one of the Wikipedia pages? Example:

//EXAMPLE:



using System.Net;



public void download() {

    string page = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albatross&action=edit";



    using (WebClient client = new WebClient())

    {

        string htmlCode = client.DownloadString(page);

        // how to get the wiki code in the html edit box here?

}

c# .net wikipedia-api

asked Nov 20 '18 at 19:43

Bill Moore

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asked Nov 20 '18 at 19:43

Bill Moore

1,6751118

asked Nov 20 '18 at 19:43

Bill Moore

1,6751118

asked Nov 20 '18 at 19:43

Bill Moore

1,6751118

asked Nov 20 '18 at 19:43

Bill Moore

1,6751118

it appears to be within a textarea, so find the textarea in your response and then get the content within it
– ADyson
Nov 20 '18 at 19:45

1

Use action=raw, see How to download the wikicode of a Wikipedia page?
– wimh
Nov 20 '18 at 19:49

1

What have you tried so far? Where is your concrete problem? Have you inspected the response?
– Markus Safar
Nov 20 '18 at 19:49

add a comment |

it appears to be within a textarea, so find the textarea in your response and then get the content within it
– ADyson
Nov 20 '18 at 19:45

1

Use action=raw, see How to download the wikicode of a Wikipedia page?
– wimh
Nov 20 '18 at 19:49

1

What have you tried so far? Where is your concrete problem? Have you inspected the response?
– Markus Safar
Nov 20 '18 at 19:49

it appears to be within a textarea, so find the textarea in your response and then get the content within it
– ADyson
Nov 20 '18 at 19:45

Use action=raw, see How to download the wikicode of a Wikipedia page?
– wimh
Nov 20 '18 at 19:49

What have you tried so far? Where is your concrete problem? Have you inspected the response?
– Markus Safar
Nov 20 '18 at 19:49

add a comment |

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Update without HAP
As per wimh's comment. Simply appending &action=raw as a query string lets you do the job without scraping.

using System;

using System.Net.Http;



public class Program

{

    private static HttpClient client = new HttpClient();



    public static void Main()

    {

        var response = client.GetAsync("https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albatross&action=edit&action=raw").Result;

        var rawEditCode = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;



        Console.WriteLine(rawEditCode);

    }

}

Fiddle: https://dotnetfiddle.net/NwZC3I

Original Answer
You could use HtmlAgilitypack and simply scrape it:

using System;

using HtmlAgilityPack;



public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        HtmlWeb web = new HtmlWeb();

        HtmlDocument html = web.Load("https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albatross&action=edit");



        var editorContent = html.DocumentNode.SelectSingleNode(@"//textarea[@id='wpTextbox1']").InnerHtml;

        Console.WriteLine(editorContent);

    }

}

dotNetFiddle: https://dotnetfiddle.net/fmsT1m

edited Nov 20 '18 at 20:48

answered Nov 20 '18 at 20:42

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   string GetWikiCode(string topic)

    {

        string htmlCode = "";

        string url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=" 

            + topic + "&action=raw";

        Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Downloading: {0}", url));

        using (WebClient client = new WebClient())

        {

            htmlCode = client.DownloadString(url);

        }

        string delimit = new string { "n", "rn" };

        string result = htmlCode.Split(delimit,

                              StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);

        return result;

    }

answered Nov 20 '18 at 22:36

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Update without HAP
As per wimh's comment. Simply appending &action=raw as a query string lets you do the job without scraping.

using System;

using System.Net.Http;



public class Program

{

    private static HttpClient client = new HttpClient();



    public static void Main()

    {

        var response = client.GetAsync("https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albatross&action=edit&action=raw").Result;

        var rawEditCode = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;



        Console.WriteLine(rawEditCode);

    }

}

Fiddle: https://dotnetfiddle.net/NwZC3I

Original Answer
You could use HtmlAgilitypack and simply scrape it:

using System;

using HtmlAgilityPack;



public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        HtmlWeb web = new HtmlWeb();

        HtmlDocument html = web.Load("https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albatross&action=edit");



        var editorContent = html.DocumentNode.SelectSingleNode(@"//textarea[@id='wpTextbox1']").InnerHtml;

        Console.WriteLine(editorContent);

    }

}

dotNetFiddle: https://dotnetfiddle.net/fmsT1m

edited Nov 20 '18 at 20:48

answered Nov 20 '18 at 20:42

Marco

12.5k44276

add a comment |

Update without HAP
As per wimh's comment. Simply appending &action=raw as a query string lets you do the job without scraping.

using System;

using System.Net.Http;



public class Program

{

    private static HttpClient client = new HttpClient();



    public static void Main()

    {

        var response = client.GetAsync("https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albatross&action=edit&action=raw").Result;

        var rawEditCode = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;



        Console.WriteLine(rawEditCode);

    }

}

Fiddle: https://dotnetfiddle.net/NwZC3I

Original Answer
You could use HtmlAgilitypack and simply scrape it:

using System;

using HtmlAgilityPack;



public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        HtmlWeb web = new HtmlWeb();

        HtmlDocument html = web.Load("https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albatross&action=edit");



        var editorContent = html.DocumentNode.SelectSingleNode(@"//textarea[@id='wpTextbox1']").InnerHtml;

        Console.WriteLine(editorContent);

    }

}

dotNetFiddle: https://dotnetfiddle.net/fmsT1m

edited Nov 20 '18 at 20:48

answered Nov 20 '18 at 20:42

Marco

12.5k44276

add a comment |

Update without HAP
As per wimh's comment. Simply appending &action=raw as a query string lets you do the job without scraping.

using System;

using System.Net.Http;



public class Program

{

    private static HttpClient client = new HttpClient();



    public static void Main()

    {

        var response = client.GetAsync("https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albatross&action=edit&action=raw").Result;

        var rawEditCode = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;



        Console.WriteLine(rawEditCode);

    }

}

Fiddle: https://dotnetfiddle.net/NwZC3I

Original Answer
You could use HtmlAgilitypack and simply scrape it:

using System;

using HtmlAgilityPack;



public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        HtmlWeb web = new HtmlWeb();

        HtmlDocument html = web.Load("https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albatross&action=edit");



        var editorContent = html.DocumentNode.SelectSingleNode(@"//textarea[@id='wpTextbox1']").InnerHtml;

        Console.WriteLine(editorContent);

    }

}

dotNetFiddle: https://dotnetfiddle.net/fmsT1m

edited Nov 20 '18 at 20:48

answered Nov 20 '18 at 20:42

Marco

12.5k44276

Update without HAP
As per wimh's comment. Simply appending &action=raw as a query string lets you do the job without scraping.

using System;

using System.Net.Http;



public class Program

{

    private static HttpClient client = new HttpClient();



    public static void Main()

    {

        var response = client.GetAsync("https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albatross&action=edit&action=raw").Result;

        var rawEditCode = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;



        Console.WriteLine(rawEditCode);

    }

}

Fiddle: https://dotnetfiddle.net/NwZC3I

Original Answer
You could use HtmlAgilitypack and simply scrape it:

using System;

using HtmlAgilityPack;



public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        HtmlWeb web = new HtmlWeb();

        HtmlDocument html = web.Load("https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albatross&action=edit");



        var editorContent = html.DocumentNode.SelectSingleNode(@"//textarea[@id='wpTextbox1']").InnerHtml;

        Console.WriteLine(editorContent);

    }

}

dotNetFiddle: https://dotnetfiddle.net/fmsT1m

edited Nov 20 '18 at 20:48

answered Nov 20 '18 at 20:42

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edited Nov 20 '18 at 20:48

answered Nov 20 '18 at 20:42

Marco

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answered Nov 20 '18 at 20:42

Marco

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   string GetWikiCode(string topic)

    {

        string htmlCode = "";

        string url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=" 

            + topic + "&action=raw";

        Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Downloading: {0}", url));

        using (WebClient client = new WebClient())

        {

            htmlCode = client.DownloadString(url);

        }

        string delimit = new string { "n", "rn" };

        string result = htmlCode.Split(delimit,

                              StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);

        return result;

    }

answered Nov 20 '18 at 22:36

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   string GetWikiCode(string topic)

    {

        string htmlCode = "";

        string url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=" 

            + topic + "&action=raw";

        Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Downloading: {0}", url));

        using (WebClient client = new WebClient())

        {

            htmlCode = client.DownloadString(url);

        }

        string delimit = new string { "n", "rn" };

        string result = htmlCode.Split(delimit,

                              StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);

        return result;

    }

answered Nov 20 '18 at 22:36

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   string GetWikiCode(string topic)

    {

        string htmlCode = "";

        string url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=" 

            + topic + "&action=raw";

        Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Downloading: {0}", url));

        using (WebClient client = new WebClient())

        {

            htmlCode = client.DownloadString(url);

        }

        string delimit = new string { "n", "rn" };

        string result = htmlCode.Split(delimit,

                              StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);

        return result;

    }

answered Nov 20 '18 at 22:36

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   string GetWikiCode(string topic)

    {

        string htmlCode = "";

        string url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=" 

            + topic + "&action=raw";

        Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Downloading: {0}", url));

        using (WebClient client = new WebClient())

        {

            htmlCode = client.DownloadString(url);

        }

        string delimit = new string { "n", "rn" };

        string result = htmlCode.Split(delimit,

                              StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);

        return result;

    }

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