How to get an image from mshtml.htmlimg to hard disk - vb.net

Question

Without using API?
I know there are several way.
I am using mshtml library by the way, which is better than webbrowser control. I am effectively automating internet explorer straight.
Basically I prefer a way to take the image straight without having to know the URL of the htmlimg and download it.
I know I can take URL from the image element and downloading it with webclient. The image changes depending on cookies and IP. So that wouldn't do.
I want the exact images displayed by the htmlimg element to be the one stored.
Basically as if someone is taking a local screenshot of what shows up on screen.

Answer 1

There's an old solution for this here:
http://p2p.wrox.com/c/42780-mshtml-how-get-images.html#post169674
These days though you probably want to check out the Html Agility Pack:
http://htmlagilitypack.codeplex.com/
The documentation isn't exactly great however; so this code snippet may help:
HtmlDocument htmlDoc = new HtmlDocument();
htmlDoc.LoadHtml(html);
// You can also load a web page by utilising WebClient and loading in the stream - use one of the htmlDoc.Load() overloads
var body = htmlDoc.DocumentNode.Descendants("body").FirstOrDefault();
foreach (var img in body.Descendants("img"))
{
var fileUrl = img.Attributes["src"].Value;
var localFile = #"c:\localpath\tofile.jpg";
// Download the image using WebClient:
using (WebClient client = new WebClient())
{
client.DownloadFile("fileUrl", localFile);
}
}