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msalvadores/change_tag_beautifulsoup.py

Created March 13, 2011 13:08
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How to change tag name with BeautifulSoup.
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change_tag_beautifulsoup.py
"""
author: Manuel Salvadores (msalvadores@gmail.com)
Code sample in answer from Stack Overflow:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5289189/how-to-change-tag-name-with-beautifulsoup/5289523#5289523
"""
import BeautifulSoup
if __name__ == "__main__":
data = """
<html>
<h2 class="someclass">some title</h2>
<ul>
<li>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.</li>
<li>Aliquam tincidunt mauris eu risus.</li>
<li>Vestibulum auctor dapibus neque.</li>
</ul>
</html>
"""
soup = BeautifulSoup.BeautifulSoup(data)
h2 = soup.find('h2')
h2.name = 'h1'
print soup
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to change them all ...

soup = BeautifulSoup.BeautifulSoup(your_data)
while True: 
    h2 = soup.find('h2')
    if not h2:
        break
    h2.name = 'h1'

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