Company
Date Published
Author
Antonello Zanini
Word count
1554
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The text discusses C# HTML parsers, which are libraries that convert HTML documents into a C# representation of the Document Object Model (DOM), supporting applications such as web scraping. It explores various C# HTML parsing libraries, including AngleSharp, Html Agility Pack, CsQuery, MariGold.HtmlParser, and Majestic-12, highlighting their features, pros, cons, and maintenance status. The text emphasizes the importance of selecting the right parser based on project requirements and notes that many sites use anti-bot technologies, which can be bypassed using tools like Bright Data's rotating proxies or Scraping Browser. Additionally, it offers a comparison of the libraries based on criteria such as GitHub stars, average daily downloads, and support for CSS selectors and XPath.