Using WatiN, how can I access the head part of the page, specifically the meta tags?

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WatIn provides great functionality for programmatic access to the displayed parts of a Web page.

I want to access the head part of the page, spedifically the META tags. Watin allows me access to the TITLE, but AFAICT nothing else. There is an InternetExplorer property which allows access to ShDocVw.InternetExplorer. I suspect this might be the start of the path. Even if it is the right path, I don't know how to follow it.

Jeroen van Menen · Answer 1 · 2009-04-03T07:43:10.087

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This will give you a collection of meta tags in your page.

Syntax in WatiN 2.0 beta 1:

var metaTags = browser.ElementsWithTag("meta");

Syntax in WatiN 2.0 CTPs and earlier:

var metaTags  = browser.Elements.Filter(Find.By("tagName", "META"));

If you prever the following syntax, read my blog post about adding elements to WatiN:

var metaTags = browser.ElementsOfType<Meta>();

edited Apr 03 '09 at 07:43

answered Mar 31 '09 at 09:01

Jeroen van Menen

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Hi - I could not get this to compile on my WatiN install (1.3.0) - Elements is just a property for me. – RichardHowells Apr 01 '09 at 18:28

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 30 '09 at 05:42

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    .Element(Find.ByName(nameAttribute))
    .GetAttributeValue("content");

answered Mar 30 '09 at 05:42

eglasius

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Thanks - this got me to ie.Element(Find.ByName("KEYWORDS")).GetAttributeValue("content"); I also found success with ie.Elements.Where(el => el.Id == "MetaKeywords") – RichardHowells Apr 01 '09 at 18:30
y, if you also have the id set to MetaKeywords (as your second way points reflects) you could just: ie.Element("MetaKeywords") :) – eglasius Apr 01 '09 at 18:39

Using WatiN, how can I access the head part of the page, specifically the meta tags?

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