Using Python and BeautifulSoup (saved webpage source codes into a local file)

Question

I am using Python 2.7 + BeautifulSoup 4.3.2.

I am trying to use Python and BeautifulSoup to pick up information on a webpage. Because the webpage is in the company w

Answer 1

The best way to open a local file with BeautifulSoup is to pass it an open file handler directly. http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/bs4/doc/#making-the-soup

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

soup = BeautifulSoup(open("C:\\example.html"), "html.parser")

for city in soup.find_all('span', {'class' : 'city-sh'}):
    print(city)