Python BeautifulSoup: Parse tree into a nicely formatted Unicode string, with a separate line for each HTML/XML tag and string

Last update on December 21 2024 07:24:29 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

Write a Python program to create a Beautiful Soup parse tree into a nicely formatted Unicode string, with a separate line for each HTML/XML tag and string.

Sample Solution:

Python Code:

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
str1 = "<p>Some<b>bad<i>HTML Code</i></b></p>"
print("Original string:")
print(str1)
soup = BeautifulSoup("<p>Some<b>bad<i>HTML Code</i></b></p>", "xml")
print("\nFormatted Unicode string:")
print(soup.prettify())

Sample Output:

Original string:
<p>Some<b>bad<i>HTML Code</i></b></p>

Formatted Unicode string:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<p>
 Some
 <b>
  bad
  <i>
   HTML Code
  </i>
 </b>
</p>

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