5.1. XML Parsing HTML

5.1. XML Parsing HTML — Python

Using lxml module

<html><body>Iris<br/>Setosa</body></html>

from lxml.etree import tostring, Element, SubElement


html = Element("html")
body = SubElement(html, "body")

body.text = "Iris"
tostring(html)
# b'<html><body>Iris</body></html>'

br = SubElement(body, "br")
tostring(html)
# b'<html><body>Iris<br/></body></html>'

br.tail = 'Setosa'
tostring(html)
# b'<html><body>Iris<br/>Setosa</body></html>'