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Python BeautifulSoup: Extract a tag or string from a given tree of html document

BeautifulSoup: Exercise-32 with Solution

Write a Python program to extract a tag or string from a given tree of html document.

Sample Solution:

Python Code:

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
html_content = '<a href="https://w3resource.com/">Python exercises<i>w3resource</i></a>'
soup = BeautifulSoup(html_content, "lxml")
print("Original Markup:")
print(soup.a)
i_tag = soup.i.extract()
print("\nExtract i tag from said html Markup:")
print(i_tag)

Sample Output:

Original Markup:
<a href="https://w3resource.com/">Python exercises<i>w3resource</i></a>

Extract i tag from said html Markup:
<i>w3resource</i>

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Python: Tips of the Day

Find current directory and file's directory:

To get the full path to the directory a Python file is contained in, write this in that file:

import os 
dir_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))

(Note that the incantation above won't work if you've already used os.chdir() to change your current working directory, since the value of the __file__ constant is relative to the current working directory and is not changed by an os.chdir() call.)

To get the current working directory use

import os
cwd = os.getcwd()

Documentation references for the modules, constants and functions used above:

  • The os and os.path modules.
  • The __file__ constant
  • os.path.realpath(path) (returns "the canonical path of the specified filename, eliminating any symbolic links encountered in the path")
  • os.path.dirname(path) (returns "the directory name of pathname path")
  • os.getcwd() (returns "a string representing the current working directory")
  • os.chdir(path) ("change the current working directory to path")

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