How can I use the python HTMLParser library to extract data from a specific div tag?

Question

I am trying to get a value out of a HTML page using the python HTMLParser library. The value I want to get hold of is within this html element:

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Answer 1

Little correction at Line 3

HTMLParser.HTMLParser.__init__(self)

it should be

HTMLParser.__init__(self)

The following worked for me though

import urllib2 

from HTMLParser import HTMLParser  

class MyHTMLParser(HTMLParser):

  def __init__(self):
    HTMLParser.__init__(self)
    self.recording = 0 
    self.data = []
  def handle_starttag(self, tag, attrs):
    if tag == 'required_tag':
      for name, value in attrs:
        if name == 'somename' and value == 'somevale':
          print name, value
          print "Encountered the beginning of a %s tag" % tag 
          self.recording = 1 


  def handle_endtag(self, tag):
    if tag == 'required_tag':
      self.recording -=1 
      print "Encountered the end of a %s tag" % tag 

  def handle_data(self, data):
    if self.recording:
      self.data.append(data)

 p = MyHTMLParser()
 f = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.someurl.com')
 html = f.read()
 p.feed(html)
 print p.data
 p.close()

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