I have been using BeautifulSoup but as I understand it that library is no longer being maintained. So what should I use ? I have heard about Xpath but what else is there ?
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I have been using BeautifulSoup but as I understand it that library is no longer being maintained. So what should I use ? I have heard about Xpath but what else is there ?
There was a bugfix release in April, so I’m not even sure where you get the idea that it’s no longer being maintained. However, even if that were true, BeautifulSoup is still plenty functional and I don’t really see even the current implementation breaking down anytime soon. You might start having problems with HTML 5 in the next 2 years (although there are far fewer quirks so it’s easier to parse, at least so far), but there’s no particular reason not to use BeautifulSoup. The community is still active with support, etc. on the google group, and obviously the source code is available to you to enhance as you require.