Python html parsing

Question

I need to parse html emails that will be similar but not exactly the same. I will be looking for things like dates, amounts, vendors, ect., but depending on who the email came from, the markup will be different.

How could I parse out those common things from lots of different html markup in python?

Thanks for your suggestions.

Just *don't* use regular expressions :) – Andrea Spadaccini Feb 25 '11 at 17:10 — Andrea Spadaccini, Feb 25 '11 at 17:10

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 25 '11 at 16:58

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You absolutely need to consider Beautiful Soup library.

answered Feb 25 '11 at 16:58

bioffe

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Looks like a good way to parse the html. Will BeatifulSoup also cleanup/fix mal formed html? – Sam Feb 25 '11 at 22:04
@user634529. The answer is YES. – bioffe Feb 25 '11 at 22:20

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 25 '11 at 16:57

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You can use Beautiful Soup to parse HTML in Python.

answered Feb 25 '11 at 16:57

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@downvoter: Are you trying to get a badge for downvoting everything or something? The link's not dead and you didn't leave a comment. I'm assuming the same person downvoted all 3 answers here. – nmichaels Oct 20 '14 at 21:44

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 25 '11 at 16:59

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BeautifulSoup or lxml are decent HTML parsers. BeautifulSoup is a bit more handy but has some odds and ends.

answered Feb 25 '11 at 16:59

Python html parsing

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