Fetch word Pronunciation from Dictionary.com

diction.py

# This file will write to console text that contains the pronunciation of words in
# an array. It doesnt output as a file, but with about three lines it could.
import urllib2
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

#establish source URL
base_url = "http://www.dictionary.com/browse/%s?s=t"
#Strip brackts from pronunciation returned
strip_brackets = False
#establish words to find
word_list =[
'name',
'sample',
'diction',
'cerulean',
'defenestrate',
'homepage',
'notaword',
'rose'
]

for word in word_list:
    try:
        page = urllib2.urlopen(base_url % word)
        soup = BeautifulSoup(page, 'html.parser')
        pron = soup.find('span', attrs={'class': 'spellpron'}).text
    except:
        print 'The word %s could not be processed.' % word
        continue

    if strip_brackets:
        pron = pron.replace('[','').replace(']','')

    print "The word %s is pronounced %s" % (word,pron)