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My solution for 'Decode A Web Page Two' exercise on practicepython.org -> http://www.practicepython.org/exercise/2014/07/14/19-decode-a-web-page-two.html
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"""Fetch an online article and print it to the screen""" | |
import requests | |
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup | |
def getportions(soup): | |
heading = soup.find("div", {"class":"dek"}) | |
if heading: | |
yield heading.text | |
for p in soup.find_all("p", {"class":""}): | |
yield p.text | |
def readpage(address): | |
page = requests.get(address) | |
soup = BeautifulSoup(page.text, "html.parser") | |
for s in getportions(soup): | |
print "\n%s" % s.encode("utf-8") | |
raw_input("\nPress enter to continue ") | |
print "End of article" | |
if __name__ == "__main__": | |
readpage("http://www.vanityfair.com/style/society/2014/06/monica-lewinsky-humiliation-culture") |
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