html processing

[Ismael Herrera]

Why does the htmllib has such simple parsers? i think that making something
more complicated that printing 'i am inside post tag' is too hard with this
library since the parsers doesnt help at all.

So the htmllib is a regex search with empty methods? i can do that by
myself, no need use a parser, i am a litle confused in this.

Is there a python html parser that creates objects from html sources,like
xml.dom?

 

[John J. Lee]

So the htmllib is a regex search with empty methods? i can do that by
myself, no need use a parser, i am a litle confused in this.

It's a little more complicated than that. But feel free to rewrite
sgmllib.py if you so please.

Is there a python html parser that creates objects from html sources,like
xml.dom?

Yes, many.

Which one is best for you depends on what it is you're trying to do.


John

 

[Jim Hefferon]

Ismael Herrera...

Is there a python html parser that creates objects from html sources,like
xml.dom?

Perhaps:
http://www.rexx.com/~dkuhlman/gnosis_generateds.html
would help?

Jim

 

[Uche Ogbuji]

Why does the htmllib has such simple parsers? i think that making something
more complicated that printing 'i am inside post tag' is too hard with this
library since the parsers doesnt help at all.

So the htmllib is a regex search with empty methods? i can do that by
myself, no need use a parser, i am a litle confused in this.

Is there a python html parser that creates objects from html sources,like
xml.dom?

http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/09/08/pyxml.html

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