Extract html data from tags using beautifulsoup python

Question

I have narrowed my objective string to the following html:

<h2 class="user-name"> John Kennity <span class="top-class"><a href="http://service-web.com/2008-07-31/11" target="_blank">highest rank </a></span>
</h2>

I want to access the name John Kennith. How can I do that in beautifulsoup python ?

Have you tried soup.h2.string?

solarc
– solarc

2017-02-22 19:51:03 +00:00
Commented Feb 22, 2017 at 19:51 — solarc
– solarc, Commented Feb 22, 2017 at 19:51

宏杰李 · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-23 02:07:10Z

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import bs4

text = '''<h2 class="user-name"> John Kennity <span class="top-class"><a href="http://service-web.com/2008-07-31/11" target="_blank">highest rank </a></span>
</h2>'''

soup = bs4.BeautifulSoup(text, 'lxml')
name, rank = soup.h2.stripped_strings

out:

'John Kennity'

answered Feb 23, 2017 at 2:07

宏杰李

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muazfaiz Over a year ago

If I limit the above scenario to text = ''<h2 class="user-card-name"> John Kennity </h2>''' and then use the method name= soup.h2.stripped_strings will return <generator object stripped_strings at 0x000001C5C1FDB830> But the expected result would be the name John Kennity. Is there any difference in applying your approach ?

宏杰李 Over a year ago

@Azfar Faizan soup.h2.stripped_strings this will return a generator, you can convert it to list by list(soup.h2.stripped_strings), then you can use index to access the elements in the list.

宏杰李 Over a year ago

@Azfar Faizan name, rank = generator is shortcut for name = list[0], rank=list[1]

kpahwa · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-22 19:55:00Z

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Hope this helps.

user_names = soup.findAll('div', {'class': 'user-name'})
for un in user_names:
   temp = un.find('h2')
   if temp:
      print temp.text

answered Feb 22, 2017 at 19:55

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