Lua

Download HTML from URL and Convert to XML

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Downloads an HTML page from a URL and converts it to XML. Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- Note: This example requires the Chilkat Bundle license.

-- Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
local glob = chilkat.Global.new()
local success = glob:unlock_bundle("30-day trial")
if not success then
    print(glob.last_error_text)
    return
end

local http = chilkat.Http.new()

local html = http:quick_get_str("http://www.intel.com/")
if not http.last_method_success then
    print(http.last_error_text)
    return
end

local htmlToXml = chilkat.HtmlToXml.new()

-- Indicate the charset of the output XML we'll want.
htmlToXml.xml_charset = "utf-8"

-- Set the HTML:
htmlToXml.html = html

-- Convert to XML:
local xml = htmlToXml:to_xml()

-- Save the XML to a file.
-- Make sure your charset here matches the charset
-- used for the XmlCharset property.
success = ERROR: Method not in Chilkat for Lua: HtmlToXml.WriteStringToFile
htmlToXml:ERROR()

print("Finished.")