Can I remove script tags with BeautifulSoup?
PythonHtmlBeautifulsoupPython Problem Overview
Can <script> tags and all of their contents be removed from HTML with BeautifulSoup, or do I have to use Regular Expressions or something else?
Python Solutions
Solution 1 - Python
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
soup = BeautifulSoup('<script>a</script>baba<script>b</script>', 'html.parser')
for s in soup.select('script'):
s.extract()
print(soup)
baba
Solution 2 - Python
Updated answer for those who might need for future reference:
The correct answer is.
decompose().
You can use different ways but decompose works in place.
Example usage:
soup = BeautifulSoup('<p>This is a slimy text and <i> I am slimer</i></p>')
soup.i.decompose()
print str(soup)
#prints '<p>This is a slimy text and</p>'
Pretty useful to get rid of detritus like <script>, <img> and so forth.
Solution 3 - Python
As stated in the (official documentation) you can use the extract method to remove all the subtree that matches the search.
import BeautifulSoup
a = BeautifulSoup.BeautifulSoup("<html><body><script>aaa</script></body></html>")
[x.extract() for x in a.findAll('script')]