Issue
I'm new to HTML and beautiful soup. I am trying to read a locally saved HTML file in Python and I tested the following code:
with open(file_path) as fp:
soup = BeautifulSoup(fp)
print(soup)
The output looks weird and here is a part of it:
<html><body><p>ÿþh t m l >
h e a d >
m e t a h t t p - e q u i v = C o n t e n t - T y p e c o n t e n t = " t e x t / h t m l ; c h a r s e t = u n i c o d e " >
m e t a n a m e = G e n e r a t o r c o n t e n t = " M i c r o s o f t W o r d 1 5 ( f i l t e r e d ) " >
s t y l e >
! - -
/ * F o n t D e f i n i t i o n s * /
The original HTML code is something like
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode">
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered)">
<style>
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
Can anyone help me or share some thoughts?
Thank you!
Solution
First of all, let's discuss why you are not able to fetch desired Output. It is because when you parsing data in BeautifulSoup. There might be some Spaces, Symbols, etc. presented in your Code. So, the appropriate Solution for this scenario was stated below:-
- Needed Solution:- Use
soup.prettify() - Appropriate Solution:- Use
HTML Parserandsoup.prettify()together
To Learn more about
HTML Parserandsoup.prettify:- Click Here
Approach 1 (By using soup.prettify() in your Current Code):-
# File Path of 'HTML' File
file_path = 'demo.html'
# Fetch 'HTML' Code Using 'BeautifulSoup'
with open(file_path) as fp:
soup = BeautifulSoup(fp)
# Print 'HTML' Code using 'prettify' Format
print(soup.prettify())
# Output of above cell:-
<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"/>
<meta content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered)" name="Generator"/>
<style>
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
</style>
</head>
</html>
Approach 2 (By using HTML Parser and soup.prettify()):-
# Import all-important Libraries
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import html5lib
# Open Our 'HTML' File
html_page = open('demo.html', 'r')
# Parse it to 'HTML' Format
soup = BeautifulSoup(html_page, "html5lib")
# Print Scraped 'HTML' Code
print(soup.prettify())
# Output of above cell:-
<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"/>
<meta content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered)" name="Generator"/>
<style>
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
</style>
</head>
</html>
Hope this Solution helps you.
Answered By - Jay Patel
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