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POHTML Agility Pack: DocumentNode.Descendants() returns null values
 

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    <p>I am using HTML Agility Pack to scrape websites for my Windows Store app. The version for Windows 8 store apps does not support XPath nor does it have a selectNodes function, but it does support lambda expressions to look up the values needed. </p> <p>After extensively searching the web the only solution I see (over and over again) is to use DocumentNode.Descendants() to get back a list of elements to search within. However, for me, DocumentNode.Descendants() always returns back null values. This happens whether or not I pass in a parameter to the function. </p> <p>I am getting back a response though. I can see the html for the page inside of the HtmlDocument object. </p> <p>Code Snippet:</p> <pre><code>HttpContent loginContent = new FormUrlEncodedContent(new[] { new KeyValuePair&lt;string, string&gt;("name", username), new KeyValuePair&lt;string, string&gt;("password", password) } HttpResponseMessage response = await httpClient.GetAsync(httpClient.BaseAddress); //Gets the cookie response = await httpClient.PostAsync(loginPageAddress, loginContent); //Logs in HtmlDocument doc = new HtmlDocument(); doc.Load(new StringReader(await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync())); // Loads doc, can see html for the page in doc.text attribute now HtmlNode pointsNode = doc.DocumentNode.Descendants("div").Where(o =&gt; o.Attributes["class"].Value == "availableNumber").FirstOrDefault(); // fails because Descendants returns null values </code></pre> <p>From debugging in my immediate window:</p> <pre><code>doc.DocumentNode.Descendants("div") {HtmlAgilityPack.HtmlNode.Descendants} name: null System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerator&lt;HtmlAgilityPack.HtmlNode&gt;.Current: null System.Collections.IEnumerator.Current: null </code></pre> <p>Any help solving this issue will be greatly appreciated! Thanks all.</p>
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    1. COeven if you write `doc.DocumentNode.Descendants().First()` you still have error?
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    2. COWell, don't I feel dumb... First() does come back with results. Looks like I just didn't dig deep enough. Thanks Loclip!
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