BeautifulSoup samples

beautiful_soup_sample.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

#from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
#soup = BeautifulSoup(some_html_string)

def get_string_by_id(soup, _tag, _id):
    tag = soup.find(_tag, id=_id)
    return tag.string if tag is not None else None


def get_string_by_class(soup, _tag_name, _class):
    tag = soup.find(_tag_name, class_=_class)
    return tag.string if tag is not None else None


def get_input_value_by_name(soup, input_name):
    input_tag = soup.find('input', attrs={'name': input_name})
    return input_tag.attrs['value'] is not None else None


def get_textarea_value_by_name(soup, textarea_name):
    textarea_tag = soup.find('textarea', attrs={'name': textarea_name})
    return textarea_tag.string if textarea_tag is not None else None


def get_checked_value_of_radio(soup, check_name):
    radio_tags = soup.find_all('input', attrs={'type': 'radio', 'name': check_name})
    for radio_tag in radio_tags:
        if hasattr(radio_tag, 'attrs') and 'checked' in radio_tag.attrs:
            return radio_tag.attrs['value']
    return None