Convert HTML into CSV

Question

I want to convert a HTML table as obtained from the script below into a CSV file, but got type error as follows:

TypeError: sequence item 0: expected

Answer 1

Here is another way without using csv module:

fp=open('data.csv','w')
for row in rows[:-1]:   # Removed last row as it has empty cells that gives error which can also be resolved if needed 
      fp.write(row.get_text(',') + '\n')
fp.close()

You can directly open data.csv file.

Station details can be get by below command:

>>>> table = soup.find_all('table', class_='data2_s')
>>>> print table[0].find_all('caption')[0].get_text().encode('ascii', 'ignore')
WAKKANAI   WMO Station ID:47401 Lat 45o24.9'N  Lon 141o40.7'E

Hope this helps.