Retrieve css tag values in python

Question

I am looking to retrieve the value "312 votes" from the below tag hierarchy:

<div class="rating-rank right">
<span class="rating-votes-div-65211">312 votes</span>
</div>

The problem seems to be that the span tag has a unique identifier for every values in the page. In the above case '65211'. What should i do to retrieve the required value?

I am using soup.select to get the values. But it doesn't seem to work.

for tag in soup.select('div.rating-rank right'):
    try:
        print(tag.string)
    except KeyError:
        pass

JuniorCompressor · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-01 13:37:00Z

2

You try to select a right element that follows a div with class rating-rank. You can select what you want like this:

soup.select("div.rating-rank.right span")

With css selectors you have to read them from right to left. So div.rating-rank.right span means I want a span element which is after a div element having rating-rank, right as classes. From the moment you identified your span elements, you can print their contents like you already do.

edited May 1, 2015 at 13:37

answered May 1, 2015 at 13:17

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RDPD Over a year ago

yes it worked wonderfully. :) Could you pls briefly explain how this worked?

JuniorCompressor Over a year ago

Maybe it's better to tell me what you don't understand

RDPD Over a year ago

like what does the dot and the space signify?

JuniorCompressor Over a year ago

For your particular case I explain it in the answer. But it's a very broad subject to explain in general. You can check this resource to find more.

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