>>> resp.html.search('Python is a {} language')[0]
programming
Selecting elements
Select an element using a CSS Selector:
>>> about = resp.html.find('#about')
Parameters
Given a CSS Selector, returns a list of
:class:`Element <Element>` objects or a single one.
Parameters:
selector: CSS Selector to use.
clean: Whether or not to sanitize the found HTML of ``<script>`` and ``<style>``
containing: If specified, only return elements that contain the provided text.
first: Whether or not to return just the first result.
raise_exception: Raise an exception if no elements are found. Default is True.
_encoding: The encoding format.
Returns:
A list of :class:`Element <Element>` objects or a single one.
Example CSS Selectors:
- ``a``
- ``a.someClass``
- ``a#someID``
- ``a[target=_blank]``
See W3School's `CSS Selectors Reference
<https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css_selectors.asp>`_
for more details.
If ``first`` is ``True``, only returns the first
:class:`Element <Element>` found.
Introspecting elements
Grab an Element's text contents:
>>> print(about.text)
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