python - beautifulsoup - removing a line of code
I started to learn the beautifulsoup. I am trying to remove from html script a line of code containing </div> .
The most examples in the documentation are presented for the whole tags (opening and closing part).
Is it possible to modify just one part of a tag?
For example:
</div>
<div >Hello</div>
<div data-foo="value">foo!</div>
how to remove just the first line of the code?
python html web-scraping beautifulsoup
edited Dec 3 '18 at 11:58
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I started to learn the beautifulsoup. I am trying to remove from html script a line of code containing </div> .
The most examples in the documentation are presented for the whole tags (opening and closing part).
Is it possible to modify just one part of a tag?
For example:
</div>
<div >Hello</div>
<div data-foo="value">foo!</div>
how to remove just the first line of the code?
python html web-scraping beautifulsoup
edited Dec 3 '18 at 11:58
Cœur
17.7k9106145
asked Nov 13 '18 at 0:56
ChrisChris
342213
add a comment |
I started to learn the beautifulsoup. I am trying to remove from html script a line of code containing </div> .
The most examples in the documentation are presented for the whole tags (opening and closing part).
Is it possible to modify just one part of a tag?
For example:
</div>
<div >Hello</div>
<div data-foo="value">foo!</div>
how to remove just the first line of the code?
python html web-scraping beautifulsoup
edited Dec 3 '18 at 11:58
Cœur
17.7k9106145
asked Nov 13 '18 at 0:56
ChrisChris
342213
I started to learn the beautifulsoup. I am trying to remove from html script a line of code containing </div> .
The most examples in the documentation are presented for the whole tags (opening and closing part).
Is it possible to modify just one part of a tag?
For example:
</div>
<div >Hello</div>
<div data-foo="value">foo!</div>
how to remove just the first line of the code?
python html web-scraping beautifulsoup
python html web-scraping beautifulsoup
edited Dec 3 '18 at 11:58
Cœur
17.7k9106145
asked Nov 13 '18 at 0:56
ChrisChris
342213
edited Dec 3 '18 at 11:58
Cœur
17.7k9106145
asked Nov 13 '18 at 0:56
ChrisChris
342213
edited Dec 3 '18 at 11:58
Cœur
17.7k9106145
edited Dec 3 '18 at 11:58
Cœur
17.7k9106145
edited Dec 3 '18 at 11:58
Cœur
17.7k9106145
17.7k9106145
asked Nov 13 '18 at 0:56
ChrisChris
342213
asked Nov 13 '18 at 0:56
ChrisChris
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asked Nov 13 '18 at 0:56
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You can use BeautifulSoup's unwrap() to specify the invalid tag, which will only remove the extra tags that don't have a open/close counterpart, while retaining others:
soup = BeautifulSoup(html_doc, 'html.parser')
invalid_tags = ['</div>']
for tag in invalid_tags:
for match in soup.findAll(tag):
match.unwrap()
print(soup)
result:
<div>Hello</div>
<div data-foo="value">foo!</div>
answered Nov 13 '18 at 1:16
davedwardsdavedwards
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Shouldn'tinvalid_tags = ['<div>']be['</div>']?
– aneroid
Nov 13 '18 at 3:35
I don't know, but that works too and is probably the preferred convention, will update, thanks.
– davedwards
Nov 13 '18 at 5:33
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you don't need do anything it will repaired automatically
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
html_doc = '''</div>
<div>World</div>
<div data-foo="value">foo!''' # also invalid, no closing
soup = BeautifulSoup(html_doc, 'html.parser')
print(soup)
output
<div>World</div>
<div data-foo="value">foo!</div>
unwrap() is for removing not repairing tag.
answered Nov 13 '18 at 9:49
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You can use BeautifulSoup's unwrap() to specify the invalid tag, which will only remove the extra tags that don't have a open/close counterpart, while retaining others:
soup = BeautifulSoup(html_doc, 'html.parser')
invalid_tags = ['</div>']
for tag in invalid_tags:
for match in soup.findAll(tag):
match.unwrap()
print(soup)
result:
<div>Hello</div>
<div data-foo="value">foo!</div>
answered Nov 13 '18 at 1:16
davedwardsdavedwards
5,34021132
Shouldn'tinvalid_tags = ['<div>']be['</div>']?
– aneroid
Nov 13 '18 at 3:35
I don't know, but that works too and is probably the preferred convention, will update, thanks.
– davedwards
Nov 13 '18 at 5:33
add a comment |
You can use BeautifulSoup's unwrap() to specify the invalid tag, which will only remove the extra tags that don't have a open/close counterpart, while retaining others:
soup = BeautifulSoup(html_doc, 'html.parser')
invalid_tags = ['</div>']
for tag in invalid_tags:
for match in soup.findAll(tag):
match.unwrap()
print(soup)
result:
<div>Hello</div>
<div data-foo="value">foo!</div>
answered Nov 13 '18 at 1:16
davedwardsdavedwards
5,34021132
Shouldn'tinvalid_tags = ['<div>']be['</div>']?
– aneroid
Nov 13 '18 at 3:35
I don't know, but that works too and is probably the preferred convention, will update, thanks.
– davedwards
Nov 13 '18 at 5:33
add a comment |
You can use BeautifulSoup's unwrap() to specify the invalid tag, which will only remove the extra tags that don't have a open/close counterpart, while retaining others:
soup = BeautifulSoup(html_doc, 'html.parser')
invalid_tags = ['</div>']
for tag in invalid_tags:
for match in soup.findAll(tag):
match.unwrap()
print(soup)
result:
<div>Hello</div>
<div data-foo="value">foo!</div>
answered Nov 13 '18 at 1:16
davedwardsdavedwards
5,34021132
You can use BeautifulSoup's unwrap() to specify the invalid tag, which will only remove the extra tags that don't have a open/close counterpart, while retaining others:
soup = BeautifulSoup(html_doc, 'html.parser')
invalid_tags = ['</div>']
for tag in invalid_tags:
for match in soup.findAll(tag):
match.unwrap()
print(soup)
result:
<div>Hello</div>
<div data-foo="value">foo!</div>
answered Nov 13 '18 at 1:16
davedwardsdavedwards
5,34021132
edited Nov 13 '18 at 5:33
answered Nov 13 '18 at 1:16
davedwardsdavedwards
5,34021132
answered Nov 13 '18 at 1:16
davedwardsdavedwards
5,34021132
answered Nov 13 '18 at 1:16
davedwardsdavedwards
5,34021132
5,34021132
Shouldn'tinvalid_tags = ['<div>']be['</div>']?
– aneroid
Nov 13 '18 at 3:35
I don't know, but that works too and is probably the preferred convention, will update, thanks.
– davedwards
Nov 13 '18 at 5:33
add a comment |
Shouldn'tinvalid_tags = ['<div>']be['</div>']?
– aneroid
Nov 13 '18 at 3:35
I don't know, but that works too and is probably the preferred convention, will update, thanks.
– davedwards
Nov 13 '18 at 5:33
Shouldn't
invalid_tags = ['<div>'] be ['</div>']?– aneroid
Nov 13 '18 at 3:35
Shouldn't
invalid_tags = ['<div>'] be ['</div>']?– aneroid
Nov 13 '18 at 3:35
I don't know, but that works too and is probably the preferred convention, will update, thanks.
– davedwards
Nov 13 '18 at 5:33
I don't know, but that works too and is probably the preferred convention, will update, thanks.
– davedwards
Nov 13 '18 at 5:33
add a comment |
you don't need do anything it will repaired automatically
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
html_doc = '''</div>
<div>World</div>
<div data-foo="value">foo!''' # also invalid, no closing
soup = BeautifulSoup(html_doc, 'html.parser')
print(soup)
output
<div>World</div>
<div data-foo="value">foo!</div>
unwrap() is for removing not repairing tag.
answered Nov 13 '18 at 9:49
ewwinkewwink
11.6k22238
add a comment |
you don't need do anything it will repaired automatically
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
html_doc = '''</div>
<div>World</div>
<div data-foo="value">foo!''' # also invalid, no closing
soup = BeautifulSoup(html_doc, 'html.parser')
print(soup)
output
<div>World</div>
<div data-foo="value">foo!</div>
unwrap() is for removing not repairing tag.
answered Nov 13 '18 at 9:49
ewwinkewwink
11.6k22238
add a comment |
you don't need do anything it will repaired automatically
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
html_doc = '''</div>
<div>World</div>
<div data-foo="value">foo!''' # also invalid, no closing
soup = BeautifulSoup(html_doc, 'html.parser')
print(soup)
output
<div>World</div>
<div data-foo="value">foo!</div>
unwrap() is for removing not repairing tag.
answered Nov 13 '18 at 9:49
ewwinkewwink
11.6k22238
you don't need do anything it will repaired automatically
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
html_doc = '''</div>
<div>World</div>
<div data-foo="value">foo!''' # also invalid, no closing
soup = BeautifulSoup(html_doc, 'html.parser')
print(soup)
output
<div>World</div>
<div data-foo="value">foo!</div>
unwrap() is for removing not repairing tag.
answered Nov 13 '18 at 9:49
ewwinkewwink
11.6k22238
answered Nov 13 '18 at 9:49
ewwinkewwink
11.6k22238
answered Nov 13 '18 at 9:49
ewwinkewwink
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answered Nov 13 '18 at 9:49
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