Getting Started with Beautiful Soup

Quick reference

The following commands will help you to navigate down the tree:

• tag.name: This navigates to the child using the name
• tag.contents: This lists the children
• tag.children: This is a generator for children
• tag.descendants: This is a generator for descendants
• tag.string: This navigates to a string using .string
• tag.strings: This is a generator for strings

The following commands will help you to navigate up the tree:

• tag.parent: This navigates to the parent
• tag.parents: This is a generator for parents

The following commands will help you to navigate sideways:

• tag.next_sibling: This navigates to the next sibling
• tag.next_siblings: This is a generator for next siblings
• tag.previous_sibling: This navigates to the previous sibling
• tag.previous_siblings ...