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Access your Google Forms page data from dotnet C#
// using HtmlAgilityPack;
// using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
private static async Task ScrapeOffFormSkeletonFromGoogleFormsAsync(string yourGoogleFormsUrl)
{
HtmlWeb web = new HtmlWeb();
var htmlDoc = await web.LoadFromWebAsync(yourGoogleFormsUrl);
var htmlNodes = htmlDoc.DocumentNode.SelectNodes("//script").Where(
x => x.GetAttributeValue("type", "").Equals("text/javascript") &&
x.InnerHtml.Contains("FB_PUBLIC_LOAD_DATA_"));
var fbPublicLoadDataJsScriptContent = htmlNodes.First().InnerHtml;
// cleaning up "var FB_PUBLIC_LOAD_DATA_ = " at the beginning and
// and ";" at the end of the script text
var beginIndex = fbPublicLoadDataJsScriptContent.IndexOf("[", StringComparison.Ordinal);
var lastIndex = fbPublicLoadDataJsScriptContent.LastIndexOf(";", StringComparison.Ordinal);
var fbPublicJsScriptContentCleanedUp = fbPublicLoadDataJsScriptContent
.Substring(beginIndex, lastIndex - beginIndex).Trim();
var jArray = JArray.Parse(fbPublicJsScriptContentCleanedUp);
var description = jArray[1][0].ToObject<string>();
var title = jArray[1][8].ToObject<string>();
var formId = jArray[14].ToObject<string>();
Console.WriteLine("\n");
Console.WriteLine("TITLE: " + title);
Console.WriteLine("DESCRIPTION: " + description);
Console.WriteLine("FORM ID: " + formId);
Console.WriteLine("\n");
var arrayOfFields = jArray[1][1];
foreach (var field in arrayOfFields)
{
// Check if this Field is submittable or not
// index [4] contains the Field Answer
// Submit Id of a Field Object
// ex: ignore Fields used as Description panels
// ex: ignore Image banner fields
if (field.Count() < 4 && !field[4].HasValues)
continue;
// Load the Question Field data
var questionTextValue = field[1]; // Get Question Text
var questionText = questionTextValue.ToObject<string>();
var questionTypeCodeValue = field[3].ToObject<int>(); // Get Question Type Code
var isRecognizedFieldType = Enum.TryParse(questionTypeCodeValue.ToString(),
out GoogleFormsFieldTypeEnum questionTypeEnum);
var questionType = questionTypeEnum.GetDescription();
var answerOptionsList = new List<string>();
var answerOptionsListValue = field[4][0][1].ToList(); // Get Answers List
// List of Answers Available
if (answerOptionsListValue.Count > 0)
{
foreach (var answerOption in answerOptionsListValue)
{
answerOptionsList.Add(answerOption[0].ToString());
}
}
var answerSubmitIdValue = field[4][0][0]; // Get Answer Submit Id
var isAnswerRequiredValue = field[4][0][2]; // Get if Answer is Required to be Submitted
var answerSubmissionId = answerSubmitIdValue.ToObject<string>();
var isAnswerRequired = isAnswerRequiredValue.ToObject<int>() == 1 ? true : false; // 1 or 0
// Printing Field Data
Console.WriteLine("QUESTION: " + questionText);
Console.WriteLine("TYPE: " + questionType);
Console.WriteLine("IS REQUIRED: " + (isAnswerRequired ? "YES" : "NO"));
if (answerOptionsList.Count > 0)
{
Console.WriteLine("ANSWER LIST: ");
foreach (var answerOption in answerOptionsList)
{
Console.WriteLine($"-{answerOption.ToString()}");
}
}
Console.WriteLine("SUBMITID: " + answerSubmissionId + "\n");
Console.WriteLine("----------------------------------------\n");
}
}
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Hello man your code is really amazing and the way you explain how to make it is awesome too but im new to this kind of think so can you help me what should i do after installing the Htmlagilitypack and Newtonsoft ? and where should i put my google form url ? thank you so much man

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