How to get all input elements in a form with HtmlAgilityPack without getting a null reference error

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You can do the following:

HtmlNode.ElementsFlags.Remove("form");

HtmlDocument doc = new HtmlDocument();

doc.Load(@"D:\test.html");

HtmlNode secondForm = doc.GetElementbyId("form2");

foreach (HtmlNode node in secondForm.Elements("input"))
{
    HtmlAttribute valueAttribute = node.Attributes["value"];

    if (valueAttribute != null)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(valueAttribute.Value);
    }
}

By default HTML Agility Pack parses forms as empty node because they are allowed to overlap other HTML elements. The first line, (HtmlNode.ElementsFlags.Remove("form");) disables this behavior allowing you to get the input elements inside the second form.

Update:
Example of form elements overlap:

<table>
<form>
<!-- Other elements -->
</table>
</form>

The element begins inside a table but is closed outside the table element. This is allowed in the HTML specification and HTML Agility Pack has to deal with it.

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