Extract Method (String, String, Boolean)

Response Extract Method (String, String, Boolean)

C# API

Extracts text from the response content - everything between (but not including) the specified before and after string objects - returning an empty string if they cannot be found, and specifying whether the search will be case-sensitive.

Namespace: Facilita.Web
Assembly: clrWebBrowser (in clrWebBrowser.dll) Version: 9.5.8.37 (1.0.0.0)

Syntax

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public string Extract(
	string before,
	string after,
	bool caseSensitive
)

public string Extract(
	string before,
	string after,
	bool caseSensitive
)

Parameters

before: Type: System String
This text is searched for in the response content, and the returned string starts immediately after this text occurs in the content.

after: Type: System String
This text is searched for in the response content after the before text has been found, and the returned string ends immediately before this text occurs in the content.

caseSensitive: Type: System Boolean
true if the search should be case-sensitive.

Return Value

The extracted text, or an empty string if the extract failed.

Examples

The following example demonstrates extracting text from a HTML Response.

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Response response = request.Send();

// extract the value from the HTML text 
// <input type="text" name="f_customer" size="32" maxlength="32" value="Joe Smith"> 
string extractedText = response.Extract(
                        "value=\"",
                        "\"",
                        true);

Response response = request.Send();

// extract the value from the HTML text 
// <input type="text" name="f_customer" size="32" maxlength="32" value="Joe Smith"> 
string extractedText = response.Extract(
                        "value=\"",
                        "\"",
                        true);