get a person name (for example bertha) with python requests
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I have a website with the following html code
<html>
<body>
<?php
echo file_get_contents( "NameList.txt" );
?>
and 30 lines of other text
</body>
</html>
now I want with requests to print the name in my console, in this case bertha
I've tried:
requests.get("www.example.com/namelocation").text
But this displays the whole html code. for example
dbwyuagdyfudwahjdfwauydgwa
I only want it to display bertha
remember the name can change for example to nick wich is less characters
I know BeautifulSoup Can Search things, but I dont know how to do it in this case
EDIT:
I've come up with a code:
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
r = requests.get("example.com").text
soup = BeautifulSoup(r,'lxml')
r = soup.find_all('html')[0].get_text()
r_stripped = r.strip()
print r_stripped
But it gives me Bertha with a blank line under
python-2.7 python-requests
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I have a website with the following html code
<html>
<body>
<?php
echo file_get_contents( "NameList.txt" );
?>
and 30 lines of other text
</body>
</html>
now I want with requests to print the name in my console, in this case bertha
I've tried:
requests.get("www.example.com/namelocation").text
But this displays the whole html code. for example
dbwyuagdyfudwahjdfwauydgwa
I only want it to display bertha
remember the name can change for example to nick wich is less characters
I know BeautifulSoup Can Search things, but I dont know how to do it in this case
EDIT:
I've come up with a code:
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
r = requests.get("example.com").text
soup = BeautifulSoup(r,'lxml')
r = soup.find_all('html')[0].get_text()
r_stripped = r.strip()
print r_stripped
But it gives me Bertha with a blank line under
python-2.7 python-requests
asked Nov 20 at 12:53
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It says Bert. Also, what have you tried and where did you get stuck?
– QHarr
Nov 20 at 12:54
BeautifulSoup is the way to go, look for some id or class near by the element you want to get. Do a BS tutorial and write some code, if you have a problem with that code please come back and we may be able to help you
– hansTheFranz
Nov 20 at 12:56
@QHarr I edited it
– S. Known
Nov 20 at 15:50
Is name supposed to be an attribute or just text content? And is it the first p1 tag in the html that is of interest?
– QHarr
Nov 20 at 16:16
I didnt know that was going to make a differnce. The html code is different, sorry. I updated it @QHarr
– S. Known
Nov 20 at 17:01
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up vote
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I have a website with the following html code
<html>
<body>
<?php
echo file_get_contents( "NameList.txt" );
?>
and 30 lines of other text
</body>
</html>
now I want with requests to print the name in my console, in this case bertha
I've tried:
requests.get("www.example.com/namelocation").text
But this displays the whole html code. for example
dbwyuagdyfudwahjdfwauydgwa
I only want it to display bertha
remember the name can change for example to nick wich is less characters
I know BeautifulSoup Can Search things, but I dont know how to do it in this case
EDIT:
I've come up with a code:
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
r = requests.get("example.com").text
soup = BeautifulSoup(r,'lxml')
r = soup.find_all('html')[0].get_text()
r_stripped = r.strip()
print r_stripped
But it gives me Bertha with a blank line under
python-2.7 python-requests
asked Nov 20 at 12:53
S. Known
17
I have a website with the following html code
<html>
<body>
<?php
echo file_get_contents( "NameList.txt" );
?>
and 30 lines of other text
</body>
</html>
now I want with requests to print the name in my console, in this case bertha
I've tried:
requests.get("www.example.com/namelocation").text
But this displays the whole html code. for example
dbwyuagdyfudwahjdfwauydgwa
I only want it to display bertha
remember the name can change for example to nick wich is less characters
I know BeautifulSoup Can Search things, but I dont know how to do it in this case
EDIT:
I've come up with a code:
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
r = requests.get("example.com").text
soup = BeautifulSoup(r,'lxml')
r = soup.find_all('html')[0].get_text()
r_stripped = r.strip()
print r_stripped
But it gives me Bertha with a blank line under
python-2.7 python-requests
python-2.7 python-requests
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It says Bert. Also, what have you tried and where did you get stuck?
– QHarr
Nov 20 at 12:54
BeautifulSoup is the way to go, look for some id or class near by the element you want to get. Do a BS tutorial and write some code, if you have a problem with that code please come back and we may be able to help you
– hansTheFranz
Nov 20 at 12:56
@QHarr I edited it
– S. Known
Nov 20 at 15:50
Is name supposed to be an attribute or just text content? And is it the first p1 tag in the html that is of interest?
– QHarr
Nov 20 at 16:16
I didnt know that was going to make a differnce. The html code is different, sorry. I updated it @QHarr
– S. Known
Nov 20 at 17:01
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It says Bert. Also, what have you tried and where did you get stuck?
– QHarr
Nov 20 at 12:54
BeautifulSoup is the way to go, look for some id or class near by the element you want to get. Do a BS tutorial and write some code, if you have a problem with that code please come back and we may be able to help you
– hansTheFranz
Nov 20 at 12:56
@QHarr I edited it
– S. Known
Nov 20 at 15:50
Is name supposed to be an attribute or just text content? And is it the first p1 tag in the html that is of interest?
– QHarr
Nov 20 at 16:16
I didnt know that was going to make a differnce. The html code is different, sorry. I updated it @QHarr
– S. Known
Nov 20 at 17:01
1
1
It says Bert. Also, what have you tried and where did you get stuck?
– QHarr
Nov 20 at 12:54
It says Bert. Also, what have you tried and where did you get stuck?
– QHarr
Nov 20 at 12:54
BeautifulSoup is the way to go, look for some id or class near by the element you want to get. Do a BS tutorial and write some code, if you have a problem with that code please come back and we may be able to help you
– hansTheFranz
Nov 20 at 12:56
BeautifulSoup is the way to go, look for some id or class near by the element you want to get. Do a BS tutorial and write some code, if you have a problem with that code please come back and we may be able to help you
– hansTheFranz
Nov 20 at 12:56
@QHarr I edited it
– S. Known
Nov 20 at 15:50
@QHarr I edited it
– S. Known
Nov 20 at 15:50
Is name supposed to be an attribute or just text content? And is it the first p1 tag in the html that is of interest?
– QHarr
Nov 20 at 16:16
Is name supposed to be an attribute or just text content? And is it the first p1 tag in the html that is of interest?
– QHarr
Nov 20 at 16:16
I didnt know that was going to make a differnce. The html code is different, sorry. I updated it @QHarr
– S. Known
Nov 20 at 17:01
I didnt know that was going to make a differnce. The html code is different, sorry. I updated it @QHarr
– S. Known
Nov 20 at 17:01
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It says Bert. Also, what have you tried and where did you get stuck?
– QHarr
Nov 20 at 12:54
BeautifulSoup is the way to go, look for some id or class near by the element you want to get. Do a BS tutorial and write some code, if you have a problem with that code please come back and we may be able to help you
– hansTheFranz
Nov 20 at 12:56
@QHarr I edited it
– S. Known
Nov 20 at 15:50
Is name supposed to be an attribute or just text content? And is it the first p1 tag in the html that is of interest?
– QHarr
Nov 20 at 16:16
I didnt know that was going to make a differnce. The html code is different, sorry. I updated it @QHarr
– S. Known
Nov 20 at 17:01