On Wed, 26 Oct 2022 at 04:59, Tim Delaney wrote:
>
> On Mon, 24 Oct 2022 at 19:03, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>
>>
>> Ah, cool. Thanks. I'm not entirely sure of the various advantages and
>> disadvantages of the different parsers; is there a tabulation
>> anywhere, or at least a list of recommendatio
On Mon, 24 Oct 2022 at 19:03, Chris Angelico wrote:
>
> Ah, cool. Thanks. I'm not entirely sure of the various advantages and
> disadvantages of the different parsers; is there a tabulation
> anywhere, or at least a list of recommendations on choosing a suitable
> parser?
>
Coming to this a bit
On Tue, 25 Oct 2022 at 09:34, Peter J. Holzer wrote:
> > One thing I find quite interesting, though, is the way that browsers
> > *differ* in the face of bad nesting of tags. Recently I was struggling
> > to figure out a problem with an HTML form, and eventually found that
> > there was a spurious
On 2022-10-25 06:56:58 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Oct 2022 at 04:22, Peter J. Holzer wrote:
> > There may be several reasons:
> >
> > * Historically, some browsers differed in which end tags were actually
> > optional. Since (AFAIK) no mainstream browser ever implemented a real
>
On Tue, 25 Oct 2022 at 04:22, Peter J. Holzer wrote:
> There may be several reasons:
>
> * Historically, some browsers differed in which end tags were actually
> optional. Since (AFAIK) no mainstream browser ever implemented a real
> SGML parser (they were always "tag soup" parsers with lots o
Jon Ribbens via Python-list schreef op 24/10/2022 om 19:01:
On 2022-10-24, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Oct 2022 at 02:45, Jon Ribbens via Python-list
wrote:
>> Adding in the omitted , , , , and
>> would make no difference and there's no particular reason to recommend
>> doing so as fa
On 2022-10-25 03:09:33 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Oct 2022 at 02:45, Jon Ribbens via Python-list
> wrote:
> > On 2022-10-24, Chris Angelico wrote:
> > > On Mon, 24 Oct 2022 at 23:22, Peter J. Holzer wrote:
> > >> Yes, I got that. What I wanted to say was that this is indeed a bug
On 2022-10-24, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Oct 2022 at 02:45, Jon Ribbens via Python-list
> wrote:
>>
>> On 2022-10-24, Chris Angelico wrote:
>> > On Mon, 24 Oct 2022 at 23:22, Peter J. Holzer wrote:
>> >> Yes, I got that. What I wanted to say was that this is indeed a bug in
>> >> html.p
On Tue, 25 Oct 2022 at 02:45, Jon Ribbens via Python-list
wrote:
>
> On 2022-10-24, Chris Angelico wrote:
> > On Mon, 24 Oct 2022 at 23:22, Peter J. Holzer wrote:
> >> Yes, I got that. What I wanted to say was that this is indeed a bug in
> >> html.parser and not an error (or sloppyness, as you
On 2022-10-24, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Oct 2022 at 23:22, Peter J. Holzer wrote:
>> Yes, I got that. What I wanted to say was that this is indeed a bug in
>> html.parser and not an error (or sloppyness, as you called it) in the
>> input or ambiguity in the HTML standard.
>
> I describe
On Mon, 24 Oct 2022 at 23:22, Peter J. Holzer wrote:
>
> On 2022-10-24 21:56:13 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
> > On Mon, 24 Oct 2022 at 21:33, Peter J. Holzer wrote:
> > > Ron has already noted that the lxml and html5 parser do the right thing,
> > > so just for the record:
> > >
> > > The HTML f
On 2022-10-24 21:56:13 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Oct 2022 at 21:33, Peter J. Holzer wrote:
> > Ron has already noted that the lxml and html5 parser do the right thing,
> > so just for the record:
> >
> > The HTML fragment above is well-formed and contains a number of li
> > element
On Mon, 24 Oct 2022 at 21:33, Peter J. Holzer wrote:
> Ron has already noted that the lxml and html5 parser do the right thing,
> so just for the record:
>
> The HTML fragment above is well-formed and contains a number of li
> elements at the same level directly below the ol element, not lots of
>
On 2022-10-24 12:32:11 +0200, Peter J. Holzer wrote:
> Ron has already noted that the lxml and html5 parser do the right thing,
^^^
Oops, sorry. That was Roel.
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On 2022-10-24 13:29:13 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
> Parsing ancient HTML files is something Beautiful Soup is normally
> great at. But I've run into a small problem, caused by this sort of
> sloppy HTML:
>
> from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
> # See: https://gsarchive.net
arious advantages and
disadvantages of the different parsers; is there a tabulation
anywhere, or at least a list of recommendations on choosing a suitable
parser?
There's a bit of information here:
https://beautiful-soup-4.readthedocs.io/en/latest/#installing-a-parser
Not much but maybe it ca
Op 24/10/2022 om 9:42 schreef Roel Schroeven:
Using html5lib (install package html5lib) instead of html.parser seems
to do the trick: it inserts right before the next , and one
before the closing . On my system the same happens when I don't
specify a parser, but IIRC that's a bit fragile beca
On Mon, 24 Oct 2022 at 18:43, Roel Schroeven wrote:
>
> Op 24/10/2022 om 4:29 schreef Chris Angelico:
> > Parsing ancient HTML files is something Beautiful Soup is normally
> > great at. But I've run into a small problem, caused by this sort of
> > sloppy
Op 24/10/2022 om 4:29 schreef Chris Angelico:
Parsing ancient HTML files is something Beautiful Soup is normally
great at. But I've run into a small problem, caused by this sort of
sloppy HTML:
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
# See: https://gsarchive.net/gilbert/plays/princess/tennyson/tenni
Parsing ancient HTML files is something Beautiful Soup is normally
great at. But I've run into a small problem, caused by this sort of
sloppy HTML:
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
# See: https://gsarchive.net/gilbert/plays/princess/tennyson/tenniv.htm
blob = b"""
'THERE s
On 12/07/2015 21:29, Laura Creighton wrote:
In a message of Sun, 12 Jul 2015 21:09:22 +0100, Mark Lawrence writes:
On 12/07/2015 20:47, Laura Creighton wrote:
Simon Evans -- what editor are you using to write your Python code with?
Laura Creighton
Editor? His earlier posts clearly show he'
In a message of Sun, 12 Jul 2015 21:09:22 +0100, Mark Lawrence writes:
>On 12/07/2015 20:47, Laura Creighton wrote:
>> Simon Evans -- what editor are you using to write your Python code with?
>>
>> Laura Creighton
>>
>
>Editor? His earlier posts clearly show he's using the 2.7.6 32 bit
>interacti
On 07/12/2015 05:48 AM, Simon Evans wrote:
Dear Peter Otten,
Yes, I have been copying and pasting, as it saves typing. I do get 'indented
block' error responses as a small price
> to pay for the time and energy thus saved.
>
You CANNOT ignore indenting.
Indenting is NOT optional, it is REQUIRED
On 12/07/2015 20:47, Laura Creighton wrote:
Simon Evans -- what editor are you using to write your Python code with?
Laura Creighton
Editor? His earlier posts clearly show he's using the 2.7.6 32 bit
interactive interpreter on Windows.
--
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Simon Evans -- what editor are you using to write your Python code with?
Laura Creighton
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:
Python 2.7.6 (default, Nov 10 2013, 19:24:18) [MSC v.1500 32 bit
(Intel)] on win
32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
with open("C:\Beautiful Soup\ecologicalpyramid.html","r&quo
, Nov 10 2013, 19:24:18) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win
32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
with open("C:\Beautiful Soup\ecologicalpyramid.html","r")as f:
...
, Nov 10 2013, 19:24:18) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win
32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
with open("C:\Beautiful Soup\ecologicalpyramid.html","r")as f:
...
On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 3:54 AM, Laurent Pointal
wrote:
> Double \ in your string:
> "C:\\Beautiful Soup\\ecologicalpyramid.html"
>
> Or use a raw string by prepending a r to disable escape sequences:
> r"C:\Beautiful Soup\ecologicalpyramid.html&qu
Simon Evans wrote:
> -
>>>> with open("C:\Beautiful Soup\ecologicalpyramid.html","r") as
You seem to run Python under Windows.
You have to take care of escape mechanism beyond \ char in strin
(Intel)] on win
32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
>>> with open("C:\Beautiful Soup\ecologicalpyramid.html","r")as f:
... sou
Simon Evans wrote:
> Dear Peter Otten,
> Yes, I have been copying and pasting, as it saves typing. I do get
> 'indented block' error responses as a small price to pay for the time and
> energy thus saved. Also Console seems to reject for 'indented block'
> reasons better known to itself, copy and
Dear Peter Otten,
Yes, I have been copying and pasting, as it saves typing. I do get 'indented
block' error responses as a small price to pay for the time and energy thus
saved. Also Console seems to reject for 'indented block' reasons better known
to itself, copy and pasted lines that it accep
-
Python 2.7.6 (default, Nov 10 2013, 19:24:18) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win
32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
>>> soup = BeautifulSoup("C:\Beautiful
8) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)]
> on win 32
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>
>>>> from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
>>>> with open("C:\Beautiful Soup\ecologicalpyramid.html","r&q
lp", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
>>> with open("C:\Beautiful Soup\ecologicalpyramid.html","r")as f:
>>> soup = BeautifulSoup(f, "lxml")
Simon Evans wrote:
> Dear Mark Lawrence, thank you for your advice.
> I take it that I use the input you suggest for the line :
>
> soup = BeautifulSoup("C:\Beautiful Soup\ecological_pyramid.html",lxml")
>
> seeing as I have to give the file's full add
Dear Mark Lawrence, thank you for your advice.
I take it that I use the input you suggest for the line :
soup = BeautifulSoup("C:\Beautiful Soup\ecological_pyramid.html",lxml")
seeing as I have to give the file's full address I therefore have to modify
your :
'EcologicalPyramid.html'
Thank you in advance for your help.
-----
with open("C:\Beautiful Soup\ecologicalpyramid.html","r") as ecological_pyramid:
soup = BeautifulSoup("C:\Beautiful Soup\ecological_pyramid.html","lxml")
Beautiful Soup takes a
hich is also in the documents text, but that is the word the code is
meant to elicit.
I enclose the pertinent code as input and output from the console, and the html
code for the document 'EcologicalPyramid.html'
Thank you in advance for your help.
----
On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 1:48 AM, Simon Evans wrote:
> Thanks Guys
> This book keeps swapping from the Python console to the Windows - without
> telling you, but it is the only book out there on 'Beautiful Soup' so I have
> got to put up with it. There's more problems
Thanks Guys
This book keeps swapping from the Python console to the Windows - without
telling you, but it is the only book out there on 'Beautiful Soup' so I have
got to put up with it. There's more problems with it, but I will start a new
thread in regard of, I don't kn
On 12/11/2014 02:40 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 6:34 AM, Dave Angel wrote:
Please give your environment when starting a new thread. Python version and
OS version. In this case, I'm guessing Windows, because I have to guess
something to give a meaningful answer.
On 12/11
On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 6:34 AM, Dave Angel wrote:
> Please give your environment when starting a new thread. Python version and
> OS version. In this case, I'm guessing Windows, because I have to guess
> something to give a meaningful answer.
>
> On 12/11/2014 02:21 PM, Simon Evans wrote:
>> Py
Please give your environment when starting a new thread. Python version
and OS version. In this case, I'm guessing Windows, because I have to
guess something to give a meaningful answer.
On 12/11/2014 02:21 PM, Simon Evans wrote:
At the start of Chapter 3 of 'Getting Started in
On Thursday, December 11, 2014 11:21:52 AM UTC-8, Simon Evans wrote:
> At the start of Chapter 3 of 'Getting Started in Beautiful Soup' it has said
> to create a html file, 'ecological
>
> pyramid.html'
At the start of Chapter 3 of 'Getting Started in Beautiful Soup' it has said to
create a html file, 'ecological
pyramid.html' - which I have already done re:
plants
10
algae
10
On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 06:31:08 -0800, Simon Evans wrote:
> Can anyone tell me where I am going wrong or where the text is wrong ?
> So far the given code has run okay, I have put to the console everything
> the text tells you to. Thank you for reading.
> Simon Evans
Having looked at the ebook, ther
Simon Evans wrote:
> Re:'Accessing the Tag object from Beautiful Soup' (page 22-25 - Getting
> Started with Beautiful Soup) So far the code to python27 runs as given in
> the book, re: -
>
>>
Re:'Accessing the Tag object from Beautiful Soup' (page 22-25 - Getting Started
with Beautiful Soup)
So far the code to python27 runs as given in the book, re: -
>>> html_atag = ""&quo
On Thursday, May 15, 2014 4:55:42 PM UTC+5:30, Simon Evans wrote:
> Dear Programmers,
>
> As anticipated, it has not been to long before I have encountered further
>
> difficulty. At the top of page 16 of 'Getting Started with Beautiful Soup" it
>
> gives c
Beautiful Soup installed and
working. If you can successfully import it, you're ready for a new
thread, new subject line, etc.
Note the new thread's opener should be self-contained, meaning you
should mention the environment (version of BS, version of Python,
version of what OS)
Dear Programmers, I noticed a couple of typos in my previous message, so have
now altered them thus :-
Dear Programmers,
As anticipated, it has not been to long before I have encountered further
difficulty. At the top of page 16 of 'Getting Started with Beautiful Soup" it
gives
Dear Programmers,
As anticipated, it has not been to long before I have encountered further
difficulty. At the top of page 16 of 'Getting Started with Beautiful Soup" it
gives code to be input, whether to the Python or Windows command prompt I am
not
sure, but both seem to be re
Dear Programmers,
I downloaded Peazip, which doesn't remove file/ folder hierarchy. I unzipped it
and input the same code to the console and it installed Beautiful Soup 4 okay
re:-
-
Microsoft Windows [Ve
On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 5:33 AM, Ian Kelly wrote:
> I use 7-zip (www.7-zip.org), which is freely distributed and open source.
You beat me to the punch. :) Was about to say the exact same thing, so
instead I'll second your recommendation.
ChrisA
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On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Simon Evans > Again it does not
recognise 'bs4'. I think having used 'Just unzip it' instead of
'WinZip' may have caused this problem, in the first place ,as when I
looked at the WinZip version at a local net café, it did have a folder
hierarchy, however I wanted, a
On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Simon Evans
wrote:
> c:\Beautiful Soup>pip install beautifulsoup4
> 'pip' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
on is expected.
However when I get to the next lines of code - in the Idle prompt re:
C:\Users\Intel Atom>cd "c:\Beautiful Soup"
c:\Beautiful Soup>c:\Python27\python setup.py install
Again it does not recognise 'bs4'. I think having used 'Just unzip it' instead
I downloaded the get-pip.py file. I installed it to the same folder on my C
drive as the Beautiful Soup one in which the Beautiful Soup 4 downloads was
unzipped to. I changed directory to the folder on the Command Prompt, as you
instructed in step 2. I input the code to the console you gave on
On 13/05/2014 17:33, Ian Kelly wrote:
On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 5:59 AM, Simon Evans wrote:
I can see no bs4 folder within the contents.
I can not see any setup.py file either, but this is how I downloaded it.
You do have a setup.py in there, but your Windows explorer is showing
it to you witho
On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 5:59 AM, Simon Evans wrote:
> I can see no bs4 folder within the contents.
> I can not see any setup.py file either, but this is how I downloaded it.
You do have a setup.py in there, but your Windows explorer is showing
it to you without the .py extension. Something unusu
:
I have removed the original Beautiful Soup 4 download, that I had unzipped to
my Beautiful Soup directory on the C drive.
I downloaded the latest version of Beautiful Soup 4 from the Crummy site.
I unzipped it, and removed the contents of the unzipped directory and placed
contents in my
On 13/05/2014 12:59, Simon Evans wrote:
I suggest that you follow the instructions here
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4750806/how-to-install-pip-on-windows
to get pip, then let pip do the work for you as that's what it's
designed for :)
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My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our languag
Soup 4 download, that I had unzipped to
my Beautiful Soup directory on the C drive.
I downloaded the latest version of Beautiful Soup 4 from the Crummy site.
I unzipped it, and removed the contents of the unzipped directory and placed
contents in my Beautiful Soup directory, and again had the
I have removed the original Beautiful Soup 4 download, that I had unzipped to
my Beautiful Soup directory on the C drive.
I downloaded the latest version of Beautiful Soup 4 from the Crummy site.
I unzipped it, and removed the contents of the unzipped directory and placed
contents in my
On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 10:35 AM, Simon Evans
wrote:
> Dear Ian,
> The book does recommend to use Python 2.7 (see bottom line of page 10).
> The book also recommends to use Beautiful Soup 4.
> You are right that in that I have placed the unzipped BS4 folder within a
> folder,
I did download the latest version of Beautiful Soup 4 from the download site,
as the book suggested.
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Dear Ian,
The book does recommend to use Python 2.7 (see bottom line of page 10).
The book also recommends to use Beautiful Soup 4.
You are right that in that I have placed the unzipped BS4 folder within a
folder, and I therefore removed the contents of the inner folder and
transferred them to
Thank you for your advice. I did buy a book on Python, 'Hello Python' but the
code in it wouldn't run, so I returned it to the shop for a refund. I am going
to visit the local library to see if they have any books on Python. I am
familiar with Java and Pascal, and looking at a few You tubes on t
The version of Python the book seems to be referring to is 2.7, re: bottom of
page 10-
'Pick the Path variable and add the following section to the Path variable:
;C:\PythonXY for example C:\Python 27'
The version of Beautiful Soup seems to be Beautiful Soup 4 as at the top of
Hi Ian, thank you for your help.
Yes that is the book by Vineeth J Nair.
At the top of page 12, at step 1 it says :
1.Download the latest tarball from
https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/b/beautifulsoup4/.
So yes, the version the book is dealing with is beautiful soup 4.
I am using Pyhon
On Saturday, May 10, 2014 10:28:18 PM UTC+5:30, Simon Evans wrote:
> I am new to Python, but my main interest is to use it to Webscrape.
I guess you've moved on from this specific problem.
However here is some general advice:
To use beautiful soup you need to use python.
To use python
On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 6:31 AM, Terry Reedy wrote:
> Please do not advise people to unnecessarily downgrade to 2.7 ;-).
> Simon just needs the proper current version of BeautifulSoup.
> BeautifulSoup3 does not work with 3.x.
> BeautifulSoup4 works with 2.6+ and 3.x.
> http://www.crummy.com/softwa
g-Started-Beautiful-Soup-Vineeth/dp/1783289554
then it says to use Python 2.7.5 or greater. There is no indication
that the book is targeted at Python 3, and in fact I see at least one
line that won't work in Python 3 ("import urllib2"), so I definitely
recommend sticking with
On 5/11/2014 6:03 PM, Simon Evans wrote:
I have downloaded Beautiful Soup 3, I am using Python 2.7. I
understand from your message that I ought to use Python 2.6or Python
3.4 with Beautiful Soup 4,
I wrote "BeautifulSoup4 works with 2.6+ and 3.x.".
'2.6+' means 2.6 or 2.
> C:\Users\Intel Atom>cd "c:\Beautiful Soup"
>
> c:\Beautiful Soup>c:\Python27\python setup.py install
> c:\Python27\python: can't open file 'setup.py': [Errno 2] No such file or
> direct
> ory
> --
- but wait a moment 'BeautifulSoup4 works with 2.6+ and 3.x'(Terry Reedy) -
doesn't 2.6 + = 2.7, which is what I'm using with BeautifulSoup4.
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test version of Beautiful Soup 4, but am again facing
> problems with the second line of code, re:-
>
> ---
>
>
> Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
>
> Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporat
Yeah well at no point does the book say to start inputting the code mentioned
in Python command prompt rather than the Windows command prompt, but thank you
for your guidance anyway.
I have downloaded the latest version of Beautiful Soup 4, but am again facing
problems with the second line of
On 2014-05-11 23:03, Simon Evans wrote:
I have downloaded Beautiful Soup 3, I am using Python 2.7. I understand from
your message that I ought to use Python 2.6 or Python 3.4 with Beautiful Soup
4, the book I am using 'Getting Started with Beautiful Soup' is for Beautiful
Soup 4. T
I have downloaded Beautiful Soup 3, I am using Python 2.7. I understand from
your message that I ought to use Python 2.6 or Python 3.4 with Beautiful Soup
4, the book I am using 'Getting Started with Beautiful Soup' is for Beautiful
Soup 4. Therefore I gather I must re-download Beau
On 5/11/2014 3:17 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 5:05 AM, Simon Evans wrote:
c:\Beautiful Soup>python setup.py install.
There is no need for a standalone Beautiful Soup directory. See below.
File "setup.py", line 22
print "Unit
:-
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Intel Atom>cd "c:\Beautiful Soup"
c:\Beautiful Soup>c:\Python27\python setup.py install
running install
running build
running b
:-
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Intel Atom>cd "c:\Beautiful Soup"
c:\Beautiful Soup>c:\Python27\python setup.py install
running install
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating b
[Version 6.1.7601]
> Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>
> C:\Users\Intel Atom>cd"c:\Beautiful Soup"
> The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
Command line syntax is always to put a command first (one word), and
then
plain things
better than I :-
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Intel Atom>cd"c:\Beautiful Soup"
The filename, directory name, or v
On 05/10/2014 07:23 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
There is a broad
convention that spaces in file names get protected with quotes, though
(for instance, tab completion will put quotes around them), so it's
not complete chaos.
"Complete chaos" is a pretty good description, especially since MS
dec
On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 4:39 AM, Terry Reedy wrote:
>> Since you have a space in the name, you'll need quotes:
>>
>>
>> cd "c:\Beautiful Soup"
>
>
> Not for Win 7, at least
>
> C:\Users\Terry>cd \program files
>
> C:\Program Files&g
On 5/10/2014 1:03 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 2:58 AM, Simon Evans wrote:
"Open up the command line prompt and navigate to the folder where you have
unzipped the folder as follows:
cd Beautiful Soup
python setup python install "
This would be the operat
On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 2:58 AM, Simon Evans wrote:
> "Open up the command line prompt and navigate to the folder where you have
> unzipped the folder as follows:
> cd Beautiful Soup
> python setup python install "
This would be the operating system command line, not Pyt
I am new to Python, but my main interest is to use it to Webscrape. I have
downloaded Beautiful Soup, and have followed the instruction in the 'Getting
Started with Beautiful Soup' book, but my Python installations keep returning
errors, so I can't get started. I have unzipped Be
Christopher Welborn wrote:
> On 03/06/2014 02:22 PM, teddyb...@gmail.com wrote:
>> I am using beautifulsoup to get the title and date of the website.
>> title is working fine but I am not able to pull the date. Here is the
>> code in the url:
>>
>> October 22, 2011
>>
>> In Python, I am using th
On 03/06/2014 02:22 PM, teddyb...@gmail.com wrote:
I am using beautifulsoup to get the title and date of the website.
title is working fine but I am not able to pull the date. Here is the code in
the url:
October 22, 2011
In Python, I am using the following code:
date1 = soup.span.text
data=
On 07/03/2014 01:37, teddyb...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thursday, March 6, 2014 4:28:06 PM UTC-6, John Gordon wrote:
In writes:
soup.find_all(name="span", class="date")
I have python 2.7.2 and it does not like class in the code you provided.
Oh right, 'class' is a reserved word. I ima
On Thursday, March 6, 2014 4:28:06 PM UTC-6, John Gordon wrote:
> In writes:
>
>
>
> > > soup.find_all(name="span", class="date")
>
>
>
> > I have python 2.7.2 and it does not like class in the code you provided.
>
>
>
> Oh right, 'class' is a reserved word. I imagine beautifulsoup has
In teddyb...@gmail.com
writes:
> > soup.find_all(name="span", class="date")
> I have python 2.7.2 and it does not like class in the code you provided.
Oh right, 'class' is a reserved word. I imagine beautifulsoup has
a workaround for that.
> Now when I take out [ class="date"], this is retur
On Thursday, March 6, 2014 2:58:12 PM UTC-6, John Gordon wrote:
> In teddy writes:
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> > date1 = soup.span.text
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> > data=soup.find_all(date="value")
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> Try this:
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> soup.find_all(name="span", class="date")
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> John Gordon
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writes:
> October 22, 2011
> date1 = soup.span.text
> data=soup.find_all(date="value")
Try this:
soup.find_all(name="span", class="date")
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I am using beautifulsoup to get the title and date of the website.
title is working fine but I am not able to pull the date. Here is the code in
the url:
October 22, 2011
In Python, I am using the following code:
date1 = soup.span.text
data=soup.find_all(date="value")
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