

Beautiful Soup is a Python library that simplifies the process of scraping data from HTML and XML files. It provides tools to navigate and search through parse trees, making data extraction straightforward.
Key features
- Simple API for navigating HTML/XML trees
- Supports multiple parsers like lxml and html5lib
- Handles malformed markup gracefully
- Flexible search capabilities with CSS selectors
- Integration with requests for seamless web scraping
Pros
- User-friendly and intuitive for beginners
- Rapidly parse complex documents
- Robust error handling for poor markup
- Active community and extensive documentation
Cons
- Performance may lag with very large documents
- Limited built-in functionalities for data export
- Learning curve for advanced features