Screenscraping using ASP and Microsoft.XMLHTTP Object

Here's a commonly used function that shows you how to use Microsoft's XMLHTTP object to retrieve the raw HTML code from a remote webpage on the Internet.

<%
Function GetHTML(sPage)
On Error Resume Next
Set objXMLHttp = Server.CreateObject ("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
objXMLHttp.Open "GET", sPage, False
objXMLHttp.Send
If Err.Number = 0 Then
If objXMLHttp.Status = 200 then
GetHTML = objXMLHttp.ResponseText
Else
GetHTML = "Incorrect URL"
End if
Else
GetHTML = Err.Description
End If
Set objXMLHttp = Nothing
End Function
%>

<%=GetHTML("http://www.codefixer.com/app_mpV4_Paypal/default.asp")%>

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