keep_only_tags and findAll

[boocko]

Hello!

How does keep_only_tags pass parameters to soup's findAll?
Is it possible to do something as:

soup.findAll('p', limit=3)

with keep_only_tags syntax?

I want to keep only first div tag with a certain class attribute.

[Starson17]

Originally Posted by boocko

Is it possible to do something as:
soup.findAll('p', limit=3)
with keep_only_tags syntax?

It's an interesting question, and one I don't know the answer to.

I want to keep only first div tag with a certain class attribute.

If there's only one of them, you can define it easily without the limit, but I assume there's more than one. You can always remove_tags_after the tag of interest. Or you can preprocess_html and use findAll with the limit parameter directly.

[kovidgoyal]

you use a dictionary to specify keep only tags, that dictionary is converted to keyword argumets and passed to findAll, so any keyword argument findAll supports, you can use.

[Starson17]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

you use a dictionary to specify keep only tags, that dictionary is converted to keyword argumets and passed to findAll

That's simple enough. Thanks for the clarification.