Python html parse

Question

I am trying to extract DetailID value from the html for example view-source:http://www.hgtv.com/

mdManager.addParameter("DetailID", "466c141156dd2b88eeffedd780cf9126");

output should be 466c141156dd2b88eeffedd780cf9126

i am currently using re.search and its takes a while to search Here is my code

searchObj = re.search( r'(.*)DetailID\",(\s\")(.*)(\"\))', html_source_code.text, re.M|re.I)
print(searchObj.group(3))

Is there a better way to get the result faster

PyQuery Is a real good module that let you use CSS selectors. If you'd like to try I could expand how to do it in as an answer — Rafael Aguilar, Nov 18 '17 at 17:12
Thanks i think i found a simple solution,actually my reg exp has the issue — codeexplorer, Nov 19 '17 at 01:21

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 19 '17 at 01:23

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The following worked

regex = re.compile(r'DetailID", "(.*)(\"\))')
detailId =  regex.search(source_code.text).group(1)

answered Nov 19 '17 at 01:23

codeexplorer

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