How can I get plain text from within a HTML class given a URL in python?

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How can I get plain text (stripped of HTML) from inside a any tag with the class name of calendardescription given a URL in python? Matching text in different tags should also be separated by a blank line. This is for text to speech purposes.

Thanks in advance.

Mike Lewis · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-01 01:47:52Z

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You want to use the popular library: Beautiful Soup

Here is the documentation.

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Julien Grenier · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-01 01:33:28Z

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look in the direction of beautiful soup.

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