#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
html_doc = """
<html><head><title>The Dormouse's story</title></head>
<body>
<p class="title"><b>The Dormouse's story</b></p>
<p class="story">Once upon a time there were three little sisters; and their names were
<a class="sister" id="link1">Elsie</a>,
<a class="sister" id="link2">Lacie</a> and
<a class="sister" id="link3">Tillie</a>;
and they lived at the bottom of a well.</p>
<p class="story">...</p>
"""
<html>
<head>
<title>
The Dormouse's story
</title>
</head>
<body>
<p class="title">
<b>
The Dormouse's story
</b>
</p>
<p class="story">
Once upon a time there were three little sisters; and their names were
<a class="sister" id="link1">
Elsie
</a>
,
<a class="sister" id="link2">
Lacie
</a>
and
<a class="sister" id="link3">
Tillie
</a>
;
and they lived at the bottom of a well.
</p>
<p class="story">
...
</p>
</body>
</html>
下面是BeautifulSoup库简单快速入门介绍:(参考:官方文档)
'''获取title值'''
print soup.title
# <title>The Dormouse's story</title>
print soup.title.name
# title
print unicode(soup.title.string)
# The Dormouse's story
'''从文档中获取所有文字内容'''
print soup.get_text()
# The Dormouse's story
#
# The Dormouse's story
#
# Once upon a time there were three little sisters; and their names were
# Elsie,
# Lacie and
# Tillie;
# and they lived at the bottom of a well.
#
# ...
同时在这过程中你可能会遇到两个典型的错误提示:
1.ImportError: No module named BeautifulSoup
当你成功安装BeautifulSoup 4库后,“from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup”可能会遇到该错误。
其中的原因是BeautifulSoup 4库改名为bs4,需要使用“from bs4 import BeautifulSoup”导入。
2.TypeError: an integer is required
当你使用“print soup.title.string”获取title的值时,可能会遇到该错误。如下: