request-and-soup.py

# for sending http get requests
import requests
# for parsing the response in searchable format
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

# send requests
r = requests.get('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_anthems')
# parse into searchable object
soup = BeautifulSoup(r.content, 'html5lib')

# the rows are stored in an attribute like this
trs = soup.findAll('tr')

# country can be parsed like this
def get_country(tr):
    try:
        return tr.findAll('a')[0].text
    except:
        return 'No country'

# other attributes can be parsed like this
def get_nth_td_text(tr, n):
    try:
        return tr.findAll('td')[n].text
    except:
        return 'N/A'