Issue with Web Scraping in Python: returning empty values

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I am new to Python. When I run the below code in Python for web scraping, I get an empty value. I am trying to print the Bitcoin price from the specified url. please help.

`import bs4`
 import requests
 url='https://coinmarketcap.com/'
 res=requests.get(url)
 soup = bs4.BeautifulSoup(res.text,'html.parser')

 element=soup.select('html.js.video.videoautoplay body div.container div.row div.col-lg-10 div.row div.col-xs-12 div.table-fixed-column-mobile.compact-name-column div#currencies_wrapper.dataTables_wrapper.no-footer table#currencies.table.dataTable.no-footer tbody tr#id-bitcoin.odd td.no-wrap.text-right a.price')
    print(element)

t.m.adam · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-10 12:43:19Z

1

You don't have to follow the entire html structure, just select the item that holds the data you want.

import bs4
import requests

url = 'https://coinmarketcap.com/'
res = requests.get(url)
soup = bs4.BeautifulSoup(res.text,'html.parser')
element = soup.select_one('tr#id-bitcoin a.price').text

print(element)

$14122.10

answered Jan 10, 2018 at 12:43

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