

Beautiful Soup is a Python library that makes it easy to scrape information from web pages. It provides tools to navigate and manipulate parse trees efficiently.
Key features
- Easy navigation of HTML and XML documents
- Robust parsing capabilities
- Supports multiple parsers (lxml, html5lib, etc.)
- Handles malformed markup gracefully
- Integration with Python's standard libraries
Pros
- Free and open-source
- User-friendly for beginners
- Flexible and powerful data extraction
- Active community support
Cons
- Performance may slow with very large documents
- Limited built-in data export options
- Learning curve for advanced features