Razor parser to read .cshtml files

Question

Like we have HtmlAgilityPack dll to read .aspx pages and we can get all the script/style references using HtmlNodeCollection class and methods inside in the dll, How can we get all the script/style references in .cshtml pages in MVC using Razor parser.

I have read about Razor Parser being an option to read .cshtml pages, but I have no idea about what it actually is? Please provide complete details on how it works, how it reads all the script/style reference syntaxes in .cshtml, what Razor parser actually is, any kind of information leading to the solution of my question is most welcome.

Using HtmlAgilityPack, I have below lines of code to read script/style references in .aspx pages:

HtmlNodeCollection bodyNode_Script = doc.DocumentNode.SelectNodes("//script");
HtmlNodeCollection bodyNode_Style = doc.DocumentNode.SelectNodes("//link");

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

The Razor parser parses Razor Syntax and converts it to C# executable code. It is not designed to do the same work as the HtmlAgilityPack. If you want to get the script and style references in a rendered .cshtml file, you would use the HtmlAgilityPack for that in the same way as you would with .aspx files (or .php, .html, .jsp etc files).