#🔒 Working with html tags as Python

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grizzled narwhal
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Hi guys
I need to find py library which could help me managing html files. I need to delete specific tags. For example i have html file with lots of data. I would like to find <span> tag at line 50 and delete everything to next </span> tag. Working by reading line by line will be too difficult - how i can handle this task?

tame lagoonBOT
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undone kite
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you can use beautifulsoup

grizzled narwhal
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That would work for me, thank you!

undone kite
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you're welcome

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but if you know that at what specific line is the tag at, it is probably better to do it line by line

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since you know what line you need to delete

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yk, f.readlines().pop(50)

grizzled narwhal
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I think i will need to find specific tag with given argument - for example name or id etc... and then use decompose() to fully remove tag. But it is just quick looking at doc

undone kite
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ah alright

grizzled narwhal
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on the other hand.. does this solution work with XML tags or any markup language?

undone kite
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no idea, try it and see ig

grizzled narwhal
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okay, thanks

mystic wigeon
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u just have to specify the parser

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