Python BeautifulSoup: Change the tag’s contents and replace with the given string

Last update on December 21 2024 07:24:32 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

Write a Python program to change the tag’s contents and replace with the given string.

Sample Solution:

Python Code:

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
html_doc = '<a href="http://example.com/">HTML<i>example.com</i></a>'
soup = BeautifulSoup(html_doc, "lxml")
tag = soup.a
print("\nOriginal Markup:")
print(tag)
print("\nOriginal Markup with new text:")
tag.string = "CSS"
print(tag)

Sample Output:

Original Markup:
<a href="http://example.com/">HTML<i>example.com</i></a>

Original Markup with new text:
<a href="http://example.com/">CSS</a>

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