How web scrape HTML in Python?

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I need to get the HTML from a website so that I can parse it and use regex to detect patterns, such as links ("href"). Is it even worth Parsing?

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I have attempted to use https://docs.python.org/3/library/socket.html to get the HTML but I am struggling.

Posted 21-Aug-21 14:30pm

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2021-08-21T20:02:00

Solution 1

You can do it but ... you'd be better off using a HTML scraping package such as Beautiful Soup: Build a Web Scraper With Python – Real Python[^] which will do most of the "donkey work" for you.

Posted 21-Aug-21 20:02pm

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Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan · Answer 2 · 2021-08-22T02:53:00

Solution 2

I already gave you the answer to this question on https://www.codeproject.com/Answers/5310985/How-do-I-make-a-HTML-parser-from-scratch-Python#answer1[^]. Do not repost the question as the answer to your problem remains the same.

Posted 22-Aug-21 2:53am

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan