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>BeautifulSoup

> Features: Excellent HTML/XML parser, easy web scraping interface, flexible navigation and search.

It does not feature any parser. It’s basically a wrapper over lxml.

>lxml

> Features: Very fast XML and HTML parser.

It’s fast, but there are alternatives that are literally 5x faster.

This article is just another rewrite of a basic introduction. It’s not a guide, since it does mot describe any issues that you face in practice.

parent f311a 2 years ago

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