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parseHTML_with_PythonNet_and_mshtml.py
import clr
clr.AddReference(r'Microsoft.mshtml, Version=7.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a')
import mshtml
from mshtml import *
html_doc = """<html><head><title>The Dormouse's story</title></head>
<body>
<p class="title"><b>The Dormouse's story</b></p>
<p class="story">Once upon a time there were three little sisters; and their names were
<a href="http://example.com/elsie" class="sister" id="link1">Elsie</a>,
<a href="http://example.com/lacie" class="sister" id="link2">Lacie</a> and
<a href="http://example.com/tillie" class="sister" id="link3">Tillie</a>;
and they lived at the bottom of a well.</p>
<p class="story">...</p>
"""
htmlDocument = IHTMLDocument2(HTMLDocumentClass())
htmlDocument.write(html_doc)
bodyhtml = IHTMLElement(htmlDocument.body)
allElements = IHTMLElementCollection(bodyhtml.all)
lst = allElements.tags("a")
OUT = [[IHTMLElement(i).innerText, IHTMLAnchorElement(i).href] for i in lst]
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