This snippet parse the fakenamegenerator.com page and gets the information for you!
Public Structure Info
Dim FirstName, MidName, LastName, State, City, Addy, Zip, Phone, _
Email, Birthday, Job As String
End Structure
Public Shared Function GetFakeName() As Info
Dim Str As String = New Net.WebClient(). _
DownloadString("http://it.fakenam" & _
"egenerator.com/gen-random-it-it.php")
Dim I As New Info
I.FirstName = GetBetween(Str, "<span class=""given-name"">", "</span>")
I.MidName = GetBetween(Str, "<span class=""additional-name"">", "</span>")
I.LastName = GetBetween(Str, "<span class=""family-name"">", "</span>")
I.State = GetBetween(Str, "<span class=""region"">", "</span>")
I.City = GetBetween(Str, "<span class=""locality"">", "</span>")
I.Addy = GetBetween(Str, "<span class=""street-address"">", "</span>")
I.Zip = GetBetween(Str, "<span class=""postal-code"">", "</span>")
I.Phone = GetBetween(Str, "<li class=""tel""><span class=""value"">", _
"</span>")
I.Email = GetBetween(Str, "<li class=""email""><span class=""value"">", _
"</span>")
I.Birthday = GetBetween(Str, "<li class=""bday"">", "</li>")
I.Job = GetBetween(Str, "<li class=""title"">", "</li>")
Return I
End Function
Private Shared Function GetBetween(ByRef strSource As String, _
ByRef strStart As String, ByRef strEnd As String, _
Optional ByRef startPos As Integer = 0) As String
Dim iPos As Integer, iEnd As Integer, lenStart As Integer = strStart.Length
Dim strResult As String
strResult = String.Empty
iPos = strSource.IndexOf(strStart, startPos)
iEnd = strSource.IndexOf(strEnd, iPos + lenStart)
If iPos <> -1 AndAlso iEnd <> -1 Then
strResult = strSource.Substring(iPos + lenStart, iEnd - (iPos + lenStart))
End If
Return strResult
End Function
Usage:
Dim I As Info = GetFakeName() MsgBox(I.FirstName)