Posted by I wanted to parse some HTML, to better scrape data from the web, so I downloaded BeautifulSoup.
Unzipping was a snap, however I was initially unable to call it from the python shell. As googling this problem proved very frustrating, I figured posting my solution may be valuable to someone.
So …
If the command:
from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
yields:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “”, line 1, in
from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
ImportError: No module named BeautifulSoup
You need to do the following:
1/ go to your BeautifulSoup folder, and run the setup file. This ought to create a file BeautifulSoup.pyc
2/ copy this file, and paste it into the following directory:
python27\Lib\site-packages\
3/ now type:
from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
into the python shell. If you observe a pause (loading) and then a new line:
>>>
you’re fixed! (I wish I’d found a post like this two hours ago …)
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It works!!
I really appreciate it.
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So I extract the file, run the setup file (double click on setup.py), but I do not see the BeautifulSoup.pyc file created.
im having the same issue as the last post, running “python setup.py install” does not generate a beautifupsoup.pyc file
I moved to a mac a year or so ago. I will dig out my old HP and have a look. I suggst you install easy install – it works with a bit of fiddling in windows.
Yeah, same for me. beautifulsoup.pyc file. Just an egg file. And ez_setup doesn’t work, because it doesn’t work for 64-bit machines. I’m starting to think I need to install a virtual machine just for beautiful soup. Not so beautiful.
this post gets lots of hits – it seems that there has been some change (perhaps at the BS end) that make this a little more tricky. I’m going to have a look at this when i get a chance to set up my old HP, but i never seem to find the time (i moved to a Mac, and you should too!).
Until then, i suggest that you install via one of the package installer helpers. This Stackoverflow post seems to have the right stuff for getting it to work in Windows.
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