Fix Python – Can I remove script tags with BeautifulSoup?

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Asked By – Sam

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?

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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

This question is answered By – Fábio Diniz

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