Re: Retrieve Form Key-Values from HttpWebResponse

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From: Joerg Jooss (joerg.jooss_at_gmx.net)
Date: 09/21/04 

Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 16:24:46 +0200

Erik Jensen wrote:
> I have implemented HttpWebRequest and then coded HttpWebResponse
> which reads into a stream and then into a string.
>
> By using the resultant string, stream, or Response, how do I get key
> value pairs for the response form variables. Is it within
> Response.Headers["FormKey1"].ToString()?

No, HttpWebResponse itself is completely agnostic to what it contains -- it
could be anything from a HTML document to a MP3 file.

> or, do I work from the string which was the end result after my
> Stream.ReadToEnd()?

Yes, you need to search through the HTML document. Have a look at this blog
entry, it could be helpful in your case:

http://blogs.msdn.com/smourier/archive/2003/06/04/8265.aspx

Cheers, 

-- 
Joerg Jooss
joerg.jooss@gmx.net

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