How To Get The Source Code Of A Website Using Web Browser And HttpWebRequest In VB.NET

this is going to be a simple tutorial , there are two ways to get the source code of a website in vb.net you know what are they so lets start making them

Web Browser

1.open your visual basic 2008/2010

2.create a new project and name it whatever

3.add a webbrowser from toolbox and place it some where else

4.add a richtextbox and a textbox

5.add a button and change the button text property to get source code

6.double click your form and erase everything add this code

Public Class Form1

    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        WebBrowser1.Navigate(TextBox1.Text)

    End Sub

    Private Sub WebBrowser1_DocumentCompleted(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventArgs) Handles WebBrowser1.DocumentCompleted

        RichTextBox1.Text = WebBrowser1.DocumentText
    End Sub
End Class

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HttpWebRequest

httpwebrequest is fast and more efficient than webbrowser 

1.open your visual basic 2008/2010

2.create a new project and name it whatever you want

3.add a richtextbox and a textbox

4.add a button and name it get source code

5.double click your form and erase everything and add these code

Imports System.Net
Imports System.IO

Public Class Form1

    'Author : Mohamed Shimran
    'Blog : http://www.ultimateprogrammingtutorials.blogspot.com

    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Dim request As System.Net.HttpWebRequest = System.Net.HttpWebRequest.Create(TextBox1.Text)
        Dim response As System.Net.HttpWebResponse = request.GetResponse()

        Dim sr As System.IO.StreamReader = New System.IO.StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream())

        Dim sourcecode As String = sr.ReadToEnd()

        RichTextBox1.Text = sourcecode
    End Sub
End Class

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