main.py

def get_html_array(js_url):
    response = requests.get(js_url)
    # Apply capture logic
    start = response.text.find("var html = [") + len("var html = [")  - 1 # this will get us the index of [
    end = response.text.find(".join('\n')")
    raw_js_array = response.text[start:end]
    # really not sure whats going on down here..
    json_file = []
    for data in range(result+12,end-1):
        json_file.append(data)
    python_list = json.loads(json_file) #  use a proper variable names
    # return python_list