HTML Parsing in C to get body content

**Khaled Mohammad** · 11-27-2014

Ok, So I have used libcurl to get a webpage source and saved it in the the memory in C.I want to get the body content's name.For example if in the web page source code contained,

Code:

<body content = "cboarding-itskhaledmd user-1">

I want my program to return,

Code:

cboarding-itskhaledmd user-1

By going through the whole web source and return only body content.And if content doesn't exist then report.Please somebody help me.
How to achieve this in C? I have searched for it.Please I know of XML parsers(libxml).But please some body give me a code with an example of exactly what I want to do please.I have been looking for it everywhere.Please in C. I really need it.
I hope I have made my question clear.

**c99tutorial** · 11-28-2014

Originally Posted by Khaled Mohammad

I know of XML parsers(libxml).But please some body give me a code with an example of exactly what I want to do please.

If you want a general solution then I would first choose a parsing library. For example libcurl is quite well suited for the purpose you are describing. The distribution of curl includes an example of how to download a page and then parse it using libcurl and tidy.

By the way your example is a bit confusing. You said you want the body content but then in your example you show an attribute of the body tag named content. Normally body content is something like this

Code:

<body>
   <p>Hi this is a paragraph.
    <p>&amp; this is another paragraph&#33;&#33;
</body>

Given that body content, what do you want your program to return?

**Khaled Mohammad** · 11-28-2014

Originally Posted by c99tutorial

If you want a general solution then I would first choose a parsing library. For example libcurl is quite well suited for the purpose you are describing. The distribution of curl includes an example of how to download a page and then parse it using libcurl and tidy.

By the way your example is a bit confusing. You said you want the body content but then in your example you show an attribute of the body tag named content. Normally body content is something like this

Code:

<body>
   <p>Hi this is a paragraph.
    <p>&amp; this is another paragraph!!
</body>

Given that body content, what do you want your program to return?

I actually want the attribute of body taged named content.Sorry If I confused you.But I want the attribute of body tag named content.Please help.Thanks.

**laserlight** · 11-28-2014

Originally Posted by Khaled Mohammad

I actually want the attribute of body taged named content.Sorry If I confused you.But I want the attribute of body tag named content.Please help.Thanks.

c99tutorial's advice still applies:

Originally Posted by c99tutorial

If you want a general solution then I would first choose a parsing library. For example libcurl is quite well suited for the purpose you are describing. The distribution of curl includes an example of how to download a page and then parse it using libcurl and tidy.

Originally Posted by Khaled Mohammad

But please some body give me a code with an example of exactly what I want to do please.

You should make a best effort and demonstrate that you did so, e.g., by posting the code that you tried and telling us how does it not work.

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