Extract Web Data with Beautiful Soup
I am having issue with getting text of field from the web page using python 3 and bs4. Code below.
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import pandas as pd
page = requests.get("https://www.mlssoccer.com/players")
content = page.content
soup = BeautifulSoup(content, "html.parser")
data = soup.find('div', class_ = 'item-list' )
names=
for player in data:
name = data.find_all('div', class_ = 'name')
names.append(name)
df= pd.DataFrame('player':names)
the code works (ie executes) but I get the html tags in the output, rather than the text of the field (player name). i tried:
name = data.find_all('div', class_ = 'name').text
in the for loop but that doesn't work either.
Any pointers or references to help would be appreciated
python-3.x web-scraping beautifulsoup
asked Nov 13 '18 at 4:33
Brad_J
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I am having issue with getting text of field from the web page using python 3 and bs4. Code below.
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import pandas as pd
page = requests.get("https://www.mlssoccer.com/players")
content = page.content
soup = BeautifulSoup(content, "html.parser")
data = soup.find('div', class_ = 'item-list' )
names=
for player in data:
name = data.find_all('div', class_ = 'name')
names.append(name)
df= pd.DataFrame('player':names)
the code works (ie executes) but I get the html tags in the output, rather than the text of the field (player name). i tried:
name = data.find_all('div', class_ = 'name').text
in the for loop but that doesn't work either.
Any pointers or references to help would be appreciated
python-3.x web-scraping beautifulsoup
asked Nov 13 '18 at 4:33
Brad_J
5519
add a comment |
I am having issue with getting text of field from the web page using python 3 and bs4. Code below.
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import pandas as pd
page = requests.get("https://www.mlssoccer.com/players")
content = page.content
soup = BeautifulSoup(content, "html.parser")
data = soup.find('div', class_ = 'item-list' )
names=
for player in data:
name = data.find_all('div', class_ = 'name')
names.append(name)
df= pd.DataFrame('player':names)
the code works (ie executes) but I get the html tags in the output, rather than the text of the field (player name). i tried:
name = data.find_all('div', class_ = 'name').text
in the for loop but that doesn't work either.
Any pointers or references to help would be appreciated
python-3.x web-scraping beautifulsoup
asked Nov 13 '18 at 4:33
Brad_J
5519
I am having issue with getting text of field from the web page using python 3 and bs4. Code below.
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import pandas as pd
page = requests.get("https://www.mlssoccer.com/players")
content = page.content
soup = BeautifulSoup(content, "html.parser")
data = soup.find('div', class_ = 'item-list' )
names=
for player in data:
name = data.find_all('div', class_ = 'name')
names.append(name)
df= pd.DataFrame('player':names)
the code works (ie executes) but I get the html tags in the output, rather than the text of the field (player name). i tried:
name = data.find_all('div', class_ = 'name').text
in the for loop but that doesn't work either.
Any pointers or references to help would be appreciated
python-3.x web-scraping beautifulsoup
python-3.x web-scraping beautifulsoup
asked Nov 13 '18 at 4:33
Brad_J
5519
asked Nov 13 '18 at 4:33
Brad_J
5519
asked Nov 13 '18 at 4:33
Brad_J
5519
asked Nov 13 '18 at 4:33
Brad_J
5519
asked Nov 13 '18 at 4:33
Brad_J
5519
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What you get from the find_all is ResultSet, so yes you need to use text to retrieve name data you want but it won't work for a set. Therefore you need to use for loop to retrieve them one by one.
However, the text in div actually contains an a tag, so you need to further dig in it by find('a').
for player in data:
name = data.find_all('div', class_ = 'name')
for obj in name:
names.append(obj.find('a').text)
answered Nov 13 '18 at 4:46
MatrixTai
1,926421
Thanks! This works great and solves my issue as expected
– Brad_J
Nov 13 '18 at 13:49
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you only need to loop once, use .text to get text inside element
....
soup = BeautifulSoup(content, "html.parser")
data = soup.findAll('a', class_='name_link' )
names=
for player in data:
names.append(player.text)
.....
answered Nov 13 '18 at 8:36
ewwink
10.7k22236
Thanks this does work also
– Brad_J
Nov 13 '18 at 13:50
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What you get from the find_all is ResultSet, so yes you need to use text to retrieve name data you want but it won't work for a set. Therefore you need to use for loop to retrieve them one by one.
However, the text in div actually contains an a tag, so you need to further dig in it by find('a').
for player in data:
name = data.find_all('div', class_ = 'name')
for obj in name:
names.append(obj.find('a').text)
answered Nov 13 '18 at 4:46
MatrixTai
1,926421
Thanks! This works great and solves my issue as expected
– Brad_J
Nov 13 '18 at 13:49
add a comment |
What you get from the find_all is ResultSet, so yes you need to use text to retrieve name data you want but it won't work for a set. Therefore you need to use for loop to retrieve them one by one.
However, the text in div actually contains an a tag, so you need to further dig in it by find('a').
for player in data:
name = data.find_all('div', class_ = 'name')
for obj in name:
names.append(obj.find('a').text)
answered Nov 13 '18 at 4:46
MatrixTai
1,926421
Thanks! This works great and solves my issue as expected
– Brad_J
Nov 13 '18 at 13:49
add a comment |
What you get from the find_all is ResultSet, so yes you need to use text to retrieve name data you want but it won't work for a set. Therefore you need to use for loop to retrieve them one by one.
However, the text in div actually contains an a tag, so you need to further dig in it by find('a').
for player in data:
name = data.find_all('div', class_ = 'name')
for obj in name:
names.append(obj.find('a').text)
answered Nov 13 '18 at 4:46
MatrixTai
1,926421
What you get from the find_all is ResultSet, so yes you need to use text to retrieve name data you want but it won't work for a set. Therefore you need to use for loop to retrieve them one by one.
However, the text in div actually contains an a tag, so you need to further dig in it by find('a').
for player in data:
name = data.find_all('div', class_ = 'name')
for obj in name:
names.append(obj.find('a').text)
answered Nov 13 '18 at 4:46
MatrixTai
1,926421
answered Nov 13 '18 at 4:46
MatrixTai
1,926421
answered Nov 13 '18 at 4:46
MatrixTai
1,926421
answered Nov 13 '18 at 4:46
MatrixTai
1,926421
1,926421
Thanks! This works great and solves my issue as expected
– Brad_J
Nov 13 '18 at 13:49
add a comment |
Thanks! This works great and solves my issue as expected
– Brad_J
Nov 13 '18 at 13:49
Thanks! This works great and solves my issue as expected
– Brad_J
Nov 13 '18 at 13:49
Thanks! This works great and solves my issue as expected
– Brad_J
Nov 13 '18 at 13:49
add a comment |
you only need to loop once, use .text to get text inside element
....
soup = BeautifulSoup(content, "html.parser")
data = soup.findAll('a', class_='name_link' )
names=
for player in data:
names.append(player.text)
.....
answered Nov 13 '18 at 8:36
ewwink
10.7k22236
Thanks this does work also
– Brad_J
Nov 13 '18 at 13:50
add a comment |
you only need to loop once, use .text to get text inside element
....
soup = BeautifulSoup(content, "html.parser")
data = soup.findAll('a', class_='name_link' )
names=
for player in data:
names.append(player.text)
.....
answered Nov 13 '18 at 8:36
ewwink
10.7k22236
Thanks this does work also
– Brad_J
Nov 13 '18 at 13:50
add a comment |
you only need to loop once, use .text to get text inside element
....
soup = BeautifulSoup(content, "html.parser")
data = soup.findAll('a', class_='name_link' )
names=
for player in data:
names.append(player.text)
.....
answered Nov 13 '18 at 8:36
ewwink
10.7k22236
you only need to loop once, use .text to get text inside element
....
soup = BeautifulSoup(content, "html.parser")
data = soup.findAll('a', class_='name_link' )
names=
for player in data:
names.append(player.text)
.....
answered Nov 13 '18 at 8:36
ewwink
10.7k22236
answered Nov 13 '18 at 8:36
ewwink
10.7k22236
answered Nov 13 '18 at 8:36
ewwink
10.7k22236
answered Nov 13 '18 at 8:36
ewwink
10.7k22236
10.7k22236
Thanks this does work also
– Brad_J
Nov 13 '18 at 13:50
add a comment |
Thanks this does work also
– Brad_J
Nov 13 '18 at 13:50
Thanks this does work also
– Brad_J
Nov 13 '18 at 13:50
Thanks this does work also
– Brad_J
Nov 13 '18 at 13:50
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