remove html node from htmldocument :HTMLAgilityPack

Question

In my code, I want to remove the img tag which doesn\'t have src value. I am using HTMLAgilitypack\'s HtmlDocument object. I am finding the img whic

Answer 1

What I have done is:

    List<string> xpaths = new List<string>();
    foreach (HtmlNode node in doc.DocumentNode.DescendantNodes())
    {
                        if (node.Name.ToLower() == "img")
                        {
                            string src = node.Attributes["src"].Value;
                            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(src))
                            {
                                xpaths.Add(node.XPath);
                                continue;
                            }
                        }
    }

    foreach (string xpath in xpaths)
    {
            doc.DocumentNode.SelectSingleNode(xpath).Remove();
    }

Answer 2

It seems you're modifying the collection during the enumeration by using HtmlNode.RemoveChild method.

To fix this you need is to copy your nodes to a separate list/array by calling e.g. Enumerable.ToList<T>() or Enumerable.ToArray<T>().

var nodesToRemove = doc.DocumentNode
    .SelectNodes("//img[not(string-length(normalize-space(@src)))]")
    .ToList();

foreach (var node in nodesToRemove)
    node.Remove();

If I'm right, the problem will disappear.

Answer 3

var emptyElements = doc.DocumentNode
    .Descendants("a")
    .Where(x => x.Attributes["src"] == null || x.Attributes["src"].Value == String.Empty)
    .ToList();

emptyElements.ForEach(node => {
    if (node != null){ node.Remove();}
});

Answer 4

var emptyImages = doc.DocumentNode
 .Descendants("img")
 .Where(x => x.Attributes["src"] == null || x.Attributes["src"].Value == String.Empty)
 .Select(x => x.XPath)
 .ToList(); 

emptyImages.ForEach(xpath => { 
      var node = doc.DocumentNode.SelectSingleNode(xpath);
      if (node != null) { node.Remove(); }
    });