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João Paulo de C. Lima
João Paulo de C. Lima

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How to use DotNetExpose DLL

#dotnet #webscrap #webcrawler #csharp

Use the package manager to install.

Install-Package DotNetExpose -Version 1.0.3
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After install the package:

using Expose.Main;
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Create an instance of ExposeHtmlDocument. The constructor needs an URL. This URL will be scraped.

const string URL = "https://www.google.com.br/"

ExposeHtmlDocument expose = new ExposeHtmlDocument(URL);
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Return total of CSS files referenced in the html page

int countCSS = expose.CountCSSAsync();
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Return total of JS files referenced in the html page

int countJS = expose.CountJSAsync();
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Return total of Html Elements

int countHtmlElements = CountHtmlElementsAsync();
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Return total of META elements

int countMetaTags = expose.CountMetaAsync();
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Return all the JS content

HashSet<string> hsJS = expose.GetJSContentAsync();
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Return all the CSS content

HashSet<String> hsCSS =  expose.GetCSSContentAsync();
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Return the total of onclick events in all elements in the html

int countOnclickEvents = expose.CountOnclickEventsAsync();
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Return the total of Forms in html page

int countForms = expose.CountFormsAsync();
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Return the Action and HttpMethod from Form

Dictionary<string,string> dicFormInfo = expose.FormsInfoAsync();
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Return the size in Kb of the page

long? pageSize = expose.GetSizeOfPageAsync();
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Return the JSON with the amount of info found

string report = expose.GetReportAsync();
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Return True/False

bool hasAjaxCall = expose.HasAjaxCallAsync();
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