BeautifulSoup not letting me get the text











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I'm looking to get all the text in tag



It gives me the text in the console, but it doesn't put it in the .txt file.



It works with body.text, but not with article.text. I don't know what to do.



import bs4 as bs

import urllib.request

#import re



sauce = urllib.request.urlopen('http://www.bodoniparavia.it/index.php/it/amministrazione-trasparente/bandi-di-gara-e-contratti.html')

soup = bs.BeautifulSoup(sauce,'lxml')





body = soup.body

article = body.find('article')

article1 = article.text

print(article1)



x = open('file.txt','w')

x.write(article1)

x.close





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  • The html on that page might be malformed. The lxml parser is quite strict, and will simply ignore parts of the document if the html is invalid. Have you tried using a different parser? crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/bs4/doc/…
    – Håken Lid
    Nov 11 at 18:15












  • It prints it to me, tho. I get all the text and everything is fine, but it doesn't get into the txt file
    – Florentin Udrea
    Nov 11 at 18:24






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    Don't know. x.close should be x.close(). But it ought to work even if you didn't close the file. What type is article.text? Maybe try x.write(article.get_text()) ?
    – Håken Lid
    Nov 11 at 18:32












  • It works for me. No adjustments needed. (Not even an error because of that x.close but that may be coincidence.)
    – usr2564301
    Nov 11 at 21:55















up vote
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down vote

favorite












I'm looking to get all the text in tag



It gives me the text in the console, but it doesn't put it in the .txt file.



It works with body.text, but not with article.text. I don't know what to do.



import bs4 as bs

import urllib.request

#import re



sauce = urllib.request.urlopen('http://www.bodoniparavia.it/index.php/it/amministrazione-trasparente/bandi-di-gara-e-contratti.html')

soup = bs.BeautifulSoup(sauce,'lxml')





body = soup.body

article = body.find('article')

article1 = article.text

print(article1)



x = open('file.txt','w')

x.write(article1)

x.close





python beautifulsoup







share|improve this question






















  • The html on that page might be malformed. The lxml parser is quite strict, and will simply ignore parts of the document if the html is invalid. Have you tried using a different parser? crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/bs4/doc/…
    – Håken Lid
    Nov 11 at 18:15












  • It prints it to me, tho. I get all the text and everything is fine, but it doesn't get into the txt file
    – Florentin Udrea
    Nov 11 at 18:24






  • 1




    Don't know. x.close should be x.close(). But it ought to work even if you didn't close the file. What type is article.text? Maybe try x.write(article.get_text()) ?
    – Håken Lid
    Nov 11 at 18:32












  • It works for me. No adjustments needed. (Not even an error because of that x.close but that may be coincidence.)
    – usr2564301
    Nov 11 at 21:55













up vote
1
down vote

favorite









up vote
1
down vote

favorite











I'm looking to get all the text in tag



It gives me the text in the console, but it doesn't put it in the .txt file.



It works with body.text, but not with article.text. I don't know what to do.



import bs4 as bs

import urllib.request

#import re



sauce = urllib.request.urlopen('http://www.bodoniparavia.it/index.php/it/amministrazione-trasparente/bandi-di-gara-e-contratti.html')

soup = bs.BeautifulSoup(sauce,'lxml')





body = soup.body

article = body.find('article')

article1 = article.text

print(article1)



x = open('file.txt','w')

x.write(article1)

x.close





python beautifulsoup







share|improve this question













I'm looking to get all the text in tag



It gives me the text in the console, but it doesn't put it in the .txt file.



It works with body.text, but not with article.text. I don't know what to do.



import bs4 as bs

import urllib.request

#import re



sauce = urllib.request.urlopen('http://www.bodoniparavia.it/index.php/it/amministrazione-trasparente/bandi-di-gara-e-contratti.html')

soup = bs.BeautifulSoup(sauce,'lxml')





body = soup.body

article = body.find('article')

article1 = article.text

print(article1)



x = open('file.txt','w')

x.write(article1)

x.close





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  • The html on that page might be malformed. The lxml parser is quite strict, and will simply ignore parts of the document if the html is invalid. Have you tried using a different parser? crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/bs4/doc/…
    – Håken Lid
    Nov 11 at 18:15












  • It prints it to me, tho. I get all the text and everything is fine, but it doesn't get into the txt file
    – Florentin Udrea
    Nov 11 at 18:24






  • 1




    Don't know. x.close should be x.close(). But it ought to work even if you didn't close the file. What type is article.text? Maybe try x.write(article.get_text()) ?
    – Håken Lid
    Nov 11 at 18:32












  • It works for me. No adjustments needed. (Not even an error because of that x.close but that may be coincidence.)
    – usr2564301
    Nov 11 at 21:55


















  • The html on that page might be malformed. The lxml parser is quite strict, and will simply ignore parts of the document if the html is invalid. Have you tried using a different parser? crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/bs4/doc/…
    – Håken Lid
    Nov 11 at 18:15












  • It prints it to me, tho. I get all the text and everything is fine, but it doesn't get into the txt file
    – Florentin Udrea
    Nov 11 at 18:24






  • 1




    Don't know. x.close should be x.close(). But it ought to work even if you didn't close the file. What type is article.text? Maybe try x.write(article.get_text()) ?
    – Håken Lid
    Nov 11 at 18:32












  • It works for me. No adjustments needed. (Not even an error because of that x.close but that may be coincidence.)
    – usr2564301
    Nov 11 at 21:55
















The html on that page might be malformed. The lxml parser is quite strict, and will simply ignore parts of the document if the html is invalid. Have you tried using a different parser? crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/bs4/doc/…
– Håken Lid
Nov 11 at 18:15






The html on that page might be malformed. The lxml parser is quite strict, and will simply ignore parts of the document if the html is invalid. Have you tried using a different parser? crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/bs4/doc/…
– Håken Lid
Nov 11 at 18:15














It prints it to me, tho. I get all the text and everything is fine, but it doesn't get into the txt file
– Florentin Udrea
Nov 11 at 18:24




It prints it to me, tho. I get all the text and everything is fine, but it doesn't get into the txt file
– Florentin Udrea
Nov 11 at 18:24




1




1




Don't know. x.close should be x.close(). But it ought to work even if you didn't close the file. What type is article.text? Maybe try x.write(article.get_text()) ?
– Håken Lid
Nov 11 at 18:32






Don't know. x.close should be x.close(). But it ought to work even if you didn't close the file. What type is article.text? Maybe try x.write(article.get_text()) ?
– Håken Lid
Nov 11 at 18:32














It works for me. No adjustments needed. (Not even an error because of that x.close but that may be coincidence.)
– usr2564301
Nov 11 at 21:55




It works for me. No adjustments needed. (Not even an error because of that x.close but that may be coincidence.)
– usr2564301
Nov 11 at 21:55












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It seems to be working fine for me but try adding encoding = 'utf-8' to the write statement. So the code would now look like this



import bs4 as bs

import urllib.request

#import re



sauce = urllib.request.urlopen('http://www.bodoniparavia.it/index.php/it/amministrazione-trasparente/bandi-di-gara-e-contratti.html')

soup = bs.BeautifulSoup(sauce,'lxml')





body = soup.body

article = body.find('article')

article1 = article.text

print(article1)



x = open('file.txt','w',encoding = 'utf-8')

x.write(article1)

x.close()





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  • Adding the encoding does not do anything else for me, although I do admit it might be my system is set to use UTF8 by default. Or, since that page metadata says it is content="text/html; charset=utf-8", possibly the text is passed on unchanged.
    – usr2564301
    Nov 11 at 21:58










  • This got it working for me :) Thanks
    – Florentin Udrea
    Nov 13 at 17:49











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It seems to be working fine for me but try adding encoding = 'utf-8' to the write statement. So the code would now look like this



import bs4 as bs

import urllib.request

#import re



sauce = urllib.request.urlopen('http://www.bodoniparavia.it/index.php/it/amministrazione-trasparente/bandi-di-gara-e-contratti.html')

soup = bs.BeautifulSoup(sauce,'lxml')





body = soup.body

article = body.find('article')

article1 = article.text

print(article1)



x = open('file.txt','w',encoding = 'utf-8')

x.write(article1)

x.close()





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  • Adding the encoding does not do anything else for me, although I do admit it might be my system is set to use UTF8 by default. Or, since that page metadata says it is content="text/html; charset=utf-8", possibly the text is passed on unchanged.
    – usr2564301
    Nov 11 at 21:58










  • This got it working for me :) Thanks
    – Florentin Udrea
    Nov 13 at 17:49















up vote
1
down vote



accepted










It seems to be working fine for me but try adding encoding = 'utf-8' to the write statement. So the code would now look like this



import bs4 as bs

import urllib.request

#import re



sauce = urllib.request.urlopen('http://www.bodoniparavia.it/index.php/it/amministrazione-trasparente/bandi-di-gara-e-contratti.html')

soup = bs.BeautifulSoup(sauce,'lxml')





body = soup.body

article = body.find('article')

article1 = article.text

print(article1)



x = open('file.txt','w',encoding = 'utf-8')

x.write(article1)

x.close()





share|improve this answer





















  • Adding the encoding does not do anything else for me, although I do admit it might be my system is set to use UTF8 by default. Or, since that page metadata says it is content="text/html; charset=utf-8", possibly the text is passed on unchanged.
    – usr2564301
    Nov 11 at 21:58










  • This got it working for me :) Thanks
    – Florentin Udrea
    Nov 13 at 17:49













up vote
1
down vote



accepted







up vote
1
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accepted






It seems to be working fine for me but try adding encoding = 'utf-8' to the write statement. So the code would now look like this



import bs4 as bs

import urllib.request

#import re



sauce = urllib.request.urlopen('http://www.bodoniparavia.it/index.php/it/amministrazione-trasparente/bandi-di-gara-e-contratti.html')

soup = bs.BeautifulSoup(sauce,'lxml')





body = soup.body

article = body.find('article')

article1 = article.text

print(article1)



x = open('file.txt','w',encoding = 'utf-8')

x.write(article1)

x.close()





share|improve this answer












It seems to be working fine for me but try adding encoding = 'utf-8' to the write statement. So the code would now look like this



import bs4 as bs

import urllib.request

#import re



sauce = urllib.request.urlopen('http://www.bodoniparavia.it/index.php/it/amministrazione-trasparente/bandi-di-gara-e-contratti.html')

soup = bs.BeautifulSoup(sauce,'lxml')





body = soup.body

article = body.find('article')

article1 = article.text

print(article1)



x = open('file.txt','w',encoding = 'utf-8')

x.write(article1)

x.close()






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  • Adding the encoding does not do anything else for me, although I do admit it might be my system is set to use UTF8 by default. Or, since that page metadata says it is content="text/html; charset=utf-8", possibly the text is passed on unchanged.
    – usr2564301
    Nov 11 at 21:58










  • This got it working for me :) Thanks
    – Florentin Udrea
    Nov 13 at 17:49


















  • Adding the encoding does not do anything else for me, although I do admit it might be my system is set to use UTF8 by default. Or, since that page metadata says it is content="text/html; charset=utf-8", possibly the text is passed on unchanged.
    – usr2564301
    Nov 11 at 21:58










  • This got it working for me :) Thanks
    – Florentin Udrea
    Nov 13 at 17:49
















Adding the encoding does not do anything else for me, although I do admit it might be my system is set to use UTF8 by default. Or, since that page metadata says it is content="text/html; charset=utf-8", possibly the text is passed on unchanged.
– usr2564301
Nov 11 at 21:58




Adding the encoding does not do anything else for me, although I do admit it might be my system is set to use UTF8 by default. Or, since that page metadata says it is content="text/html; charset=utf-8", possibly the text is passed on unchanged.
– usr2564301
Nov 11 at 21:58












This got it working for me :) Thanks
– Florentin Udrea
Nov 13 at 17:49




This got it working for me :) Thanks
– Florentin Udrea
Nov 13 at 17:49


















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