AngleSharp.Io

AngleSharp.Io extends AngleSharp with powerful requesters, caching mechanisms, and storage systems. It is coupled more strongly to the underlying operating system than AngleSharp itself. Therefore it has stronger dependencies and demands and cannot be released for the standard framework (4.6). Nevertheless, it is released as a .NET Standard 2.0 library.

Basic Configuration

Requesters

If you just want to use all available requesters provided by AngleSharp.Io you can do the following:

var config = Configuration.Default
    .WithRequesters() // from AngleSharp.Io
    .WithDefaultLoader(); // from AngleSharp

This will register all requesters. Alternatively, the requesters can be provided explicitly. They are located in the AngleSharp.Io.Network namespace and have names such as DataRequester.

Requesters can make use of HttpClientHandler instances. Hence using it, e.g., with a proxy is as simple as the following snippet:

var handler = new HttpClientHandler
{
    Proxy = new WebProxy(myProxyHost, false),
    PreAuthenticate = true,
    UseDefaultCredentials = false,
};

var config = Configuration.Default
    .WithRequesters(handler) // from AngleSharp.Io with a handler config
    .WithDefaultLoader();

Alternatively, if you don't want to add all possible requesters, you can also just add a single requester from AngleSharp.Io:

var config = Configuration.Default
    .With(new HttpClientRequester()) // only requester
    .WithDefaultLoader();

In the code above we now only have a single requester - the HttpClientRequester coming from AngleSharp.Io. If we have an HttpClient already used somewhere we can actually re-use it:

var config = Configuration.Default
    .With(new HttpClientRequester(myHttpClient)) // re-using the HttpClient instance
    .WithDefaultLoader();

Cookies

To get improved cookie support, e.g., do

var config = Configuration.Default
    .WithTemporaryCookies(); // Uses memory cookies

or if you want to have persistent cookies you can use:

var syncPath = $"Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.UserProfile)\\anglesharp.cookies";
var config = Configuration.Default
    .WithPersistentCookies(syncPath); // Uses sync cookies against the given path

Alternatively, the new overloads for the WithCookies extension method can be used.

Downloads

AngleSharp.Io offers you the possibility of a simplified downloading experience. Just use WithStandardDownload to redirect resources to a callback.

In the simplest case you can write:

var config = Configuration.Default
    .WithStandardDownload((fileName, content) =>
    {
        // store fileName with the content stream ...
    });

Alternatively, use WithDownload, which allows you to distinguish also on the provided MIME type.

DOM Extension Methods

The IHtmlInputElement interface now has AppendFile to easily allow appending files without much trouble.

document
    .QuerySelector<IHtmlInputElement>("input[type=file]")
    .AppendFile("c:\\example.jpg");

More overloads exist.

Furthermore, the IUrlUtilities interface now has DownloadAsync.

document
    .QuerySelector<IHtmlAnchorElement>("a#download-document")
    .DownloadAsync()
    .SaveToAsync("c:\\example.pdf");

The SaveToAsync (as well as the CopyToAsync) are extension methods for the IResponse interface.

Features

• New requesters
  • HTTP (using HttpClient)
  • FTP
  • Supporting data URLs
  • Supporting file URLs
  • Enhanced support for about: URLs
• WebSockets (mostly interesting for scripting engines, e.g., JS)
• Storage support by providing the IStorage interface
• Improved cookie container (AdvancedCookieContainer)
• Enhanced download capabilities for resources / links

Participating

Participation in the project is highly welcome. For this project the same rules as for the AngleSharp core project may be applied.

If you have any question, concern, or spot an issue then please report it before opening a pull request. An initial discussion is appreciated regardless of the nature of the problem.

Live discussions can take place in our Gitter chat, which supports using GitHub accounts.

This project has adopted the code of conduct defined by the Contributor Covenant to clarify expected behavior in our community.

For more information see the .NET Foundation Code of Conduct.

.NET Foundation

This project is supported by the .NET Foundation.

License

AngleSharp.Io is released using the MIT license. For more information see the license file.