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Stripping all html tags with Html Agility Pack

Answer 1

A:

You can use the following code.

public string RemoveHTMLTags(string source)
{
     string expn = "<.*?>";
     return Regex.Replace(source, expn, string.Empty);
}

Dev 2010-06-29 13:16:15

Thanks this should work too

Muleskinner 2010-06-29 13:59:47

Answer 2

+5 A:

Why not just return htmldoc.DocumentNode.InnerText instead of removing all the non-text nodes? It should give you what you want.

tvanfosson 2010-06-29 13:19:12

Answer 3

A:

It removes the tags and properties not found in the whitelist.

Public NotInheritable Class HtmlSanitizer
    Private Sub New()
    End Sub
    Private Shared ReadOnly Whitelist As IDictionary(Of String, String())
    Private Shared DeletableNodesXpath As New List(Of String)()

    Shared Sub New()
        Whitelist = New Dictionary(Of String, String())() From { _
            {"a", New () {"href"}}, _
            {"strong", Nothing}, _
            {"em", Nothing}, _
            {"blockquote", Nothing}, _
            {"b", Nothing}, _
            {"p", Nothing}, _
            {"ul", Nothing}, _
            {"ol", Nothing}, _
            {"li", Nothing}, _
            {"div", New () {"align"}}, _
            {"strike", Nothing}, _
            {"u", Nothing}, _
            {"sub", Nothing}, _
            {"sup", Nothing}, _
            {"table", Nothing}, _
            {"tr", Nothing}, _
            {"td", Nothing}, _
            {"th", Nothing} _
        }
    End Sub

    Public Shared Function Sanitize(input As String) As String
        If input.Trim().Length < 1 Then
            Return String.Empty
        End If
        Dim htmlDocument = New HtmlDocument()

        htmlDocument.LoadHtml(input)
        SanitizeNode(htmlDocument.DocumentNode)
        Dim xPath As String = HtmlSanitizer.CreateXPath()

        Return StripHtml(htmlDocument.DocumentNode.WriteTo().Trim(), xPath)
    End Function

    Private Shared Sub SanitizeChildren(parentNode As HtmlNode)
        For i As Integer = parentNode.ChildNodes.Count - 1 To 0 Step -1
            SanitizeNode(parentNode.ChildNodes(i))
        Next
    End Sub

    Private Shared Sub SanitizeNode(node As HtmlNode)
        If node.NodeType = HtmlNodeType.Element Then
            If Not Whitelist.ContainsKey(node.Name) Then
                If Not DeletableNodesXpath.Contains(node.Name) Then
                    'DeletableNodesXpath.Add(node.Name.Replace("?",""));
                    node.Name = "removeableNode"
                    DeletableNodesXpath.Add(node.Name)
                End If
                If node.HasChildNodes Then
                    SanitizeChildren(node)
                End If

                Return
            End If

            If node.HasAttributes Then
                For i As Integer = node.Attributes.Count - 1 To 0 Step -1
                    Dim currentAttribute As HtmlAttribute = node.Attributes(i)
                    Dim allowedAttributes As String() = Whitelist(node.Name)
                    If allowedAttributes IsNot Nothing Then
                        If Not allowedAttributes.Contains(currentAttribute.Name) Then
                            node.Attributes.Remove(currentAttribute)
                        End If
                    Else
                        node.Attributes.Remove(currentAttribute)
                    End If
                Next
            End If
        End If

        If node.HasChildNodes Then
            SanitizeChildren(node)
        End If
    End Sub

    Private Shared Function StripHtml(html As String, xPath As String) As String
        Dim htmlDoc As New HtmlDocument()
        htmlDoc.LoadHtml(html)
        If xPath.Length > 0 Then
            Dim invalidNodes As HtmlNodeCollection = htmlDoc.DocumentNode.SelectNodes(xPath)
            For Each node As HtmlNode In invalidNodes
                node.ParentNode.RemoveChild(node, True)
            Next
        End If
        Return htmlDoc.DocumentNode.WriteContentTo()


    End Function

    Private Shared Function CreateXPath() As String
        Dim _xPath As String = String.Empty
        For i As Integer = 0 To DeletableNodesXpath.Count - 1
            If i IsNot DeletableNodesXpath.Count - 1 Then
                _xPath += String.Format("//{0}|", DeletableNodesXpath(i).ToString())
            Else
                _xPath += String.Format("//{0}", DeletableNodesXpath(i).ToString())
            End If
        Next
        Return _xPath
    End Function
End Class

Meltdown 2010-08-29 19:55:00

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