Ruby

Download HTML from URL and Convert to XML

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

require 'chilkat'

success = false

# Note: This example requires the Chilkat Bundle license.

# Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
glob = Chilkat::CkGlobal.new()
success = glob.UnlockBundle("30-day trial")
if (success != true)
    print glob.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

http = Chilkat::CkHttp.new()

html = http.quickGetStr("http://www.intel.com/")
if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true)
    print http.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

htmlToXml = Chilkat::CkHtmlToXml.new()

# Indicate the charset of the output XML we'll want.
htmlToXml.put_XmlCharset("utf-8")

# Set the HTML:
htmlToXml.put_Html(html)

# Convert to XML:

xml = htmlToXml.toXml()

# Save the XML to a file.
# Make sure your charset here matches the charset
# used for the XmlCharset property.
success = htmlToXml.WriteStringToFile(xml,"qa_output/out.xml","utf-8")

print "Finished." + "\n";