Finding Elements

Finding the right elements is the core skill of web scraping. BeautifulSoup offers many ways to locate elements.

Finding by Tag Name

Finding by Class

Finding by ID

Finding by Attributes

Finding with Regular Expressions

Finding with Custom Functions

Finding by Text Content

Scoped Searching

Exercises

Key Takeaways

• Use find() for single element, find_all() for multiple
• Search by tag, class, id, or any attribute
• Use class_ (with underscore) for class attribute
• Regular expressions enable flexible matching
• Custom functions handle complex conditions
• Always scope searches to the relevant container
• Check if elements exist before accessing properties