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Asked: 2026-05-28T07:56:09+00:00

Using beautfiulsoup to parse sourcecode for scraping: tempSite = preSite+’/contact_us/’ print tempSite theTempSite =

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Using beautfiulsoup to parse sourcecode for scraping: 

tempSite = preSite+'/contact_us/'
print tempSite
theTempSite = urlopen(tempSite).read()
currentTempSite = BeautifulSoup(theTempSite)
lightwaveEmail = currentTempSite('input')[7]

#<input type="Hidden" name="bb_recipient" value="comm2342@gmail.com" />

How can I re.compile lightwaveEmail so that only comm2342@gmail.com is printed?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Kinda going about it the wrong way. The reason its the wrong way is that you’re using numbered indexes to find the tag you want – BeautifulSoup will find tags for you based on their tag, or attributes which makes it a lot simpler.

    You want something like

    tempSite = preSite+'/contact_us/'
print tempSite
theTempSite = urlopen(tempSite).read()
soup = BeautifulSoup(theTempSite)
tag = soup.find("input", { "name" : "bb_recipient" })
print tag['value']
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