Problem with replace with

stgabriel · 02-06-2011, 05:16 PM

Hello,

I have a big problem with Beautifull soup's replaceWith not working:

I have something like xxx and want it to be replaced by xxx

my code:

Code:

    def preprocess_html(self, soup):

        # Change 
        for fett in  soup.findAll(name='span',attrs={'class':'ngen_F'}) :
            if fett:
                tag = Tag(soup, 'b')
                tag.insert(0, fett.contents[0])
                print tag
                fett.replaceWith(tag)

        return soup

print tag works. But replaceWith just replaces with ''
When I do fett.replaceWith('test) this is ok.

What's wrong here?

Stefan

alison87 · 02-06-2011, 05:37 PM

I had exactly the same problem yesterday when i was trying to insert a Tag. I don't think it's worth worrying about - might as well just use what works and pass a simple HTML string to insert/replaceWith. Tag objects don't seem to work the way BeautifulSoup's documentation says they do.

02-06-2011, 05:16 PM	#1
stgabriel Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Android Phone	Problem with replace with Hello, I have a big problem with Beautifull soup's replaceWith not working: I have something like <span class="ngen_F">xxx</span> and want it to be replaced by <b>xxx</b> my code: Code: def preprocess_html(self, soup): # Change for fett in soup.findAll(name='span',attrs={'class':'ngen_F'}) : if fett: tag = Tag(soup, 'b') tag.insert(0, fett.contents[0]) print tag fett.replaceWith(tag) return soup print tag works. But replaceWith just replaces with '' When I do fett.replaceWith('<b>test</b>) this is ok. What's wrong here? Stefan

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02-06-2011, 05:37 PM	#2
alison87 Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3G	I had exactly the same problem yesterday when i was trying to insert a Tag. I don't think it's worth worrying about - might as well just use what works and pass a simple HTML string to insert/replaceWith. Tag objects don't seem to work the way BeautifulSoup's documentation says they do.