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Re: How do I access 'Beautiful Soup' on python 2.7 or 3.4 , console or idle versions.

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On Thursday, May 15, 2014 4:55:42 PM UTC+5:30, Simon Evans wrote:
> Dear Programmers,
> 
> As anticipated, it has not been to long before I have encountered further 
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> difficulty. At the top of page 16 of 'Getting Started with Beautiful Soup" it 
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> gives code to be input, whether to the Python or Windows command prompt I am not 
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> sure, but both seem to be resistant to it. I quote the response to the code below, 

It was because I thought I saw such a mixup in your earlier posts that
I suggested you start with the python tutorial :-)
> Looking at the bottom of page 16, there is more code for the inputting of, that 
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> again does not take to the Windows Command Prompt or the Python command prompt,
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> re:  import urllib2
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>      from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

You probably need the above line
And you need to preceded the other lines at the python (not shell) prompt

On the whole it may be a good idea to put aside the book and just follow the quick start http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/bs4/doc/#quick-start

at the python prompt

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>      url = "http://www.packtpub.com/books"
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>      page = urllib2.urlopen(url)
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>      soup_packtpage = BeautifulSoup(page)
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> 
> returns to the Windows Command prompt:- 
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> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> >>>import urllib2
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> Traceback (most recent call last):
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>   File "<stdin>", line1, in <module>
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> ImportError: No module named 'urllib2'
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> >>>
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> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> returns to the Python command prompt :- 
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> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> >>> import urllib2
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> >>> from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
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> >>> url = "http://www.packtpub.com/books"
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> >>> page = urllib2.urlopen(url)
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> Traceback (most recent call last):
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> File "C\Python27\lib\urllib2.py",line 127, in urlopen
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>   return_opener.open(url, data, timeout)
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> File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py",line 410, in open
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> response = meth(req, response)
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> File "C:\Pyton27\lib\urllib2.py", oine 523, in http_response
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> 'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
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> File"C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 448, in error
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> return self._call_chain(*args)
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> File "C:/Python27/lib/urllib2.py",line 382, in _call_chain
> 
> result = func(*args)
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> File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 531, in http_error_default
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> raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, masg, hdrs, fp)
> 
> urllib2.HTTPError: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
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> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> Anway I hope you can tell me what is amiss, there is no point in my proceeding 
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> with the book (about 111 pages all told) until I find out why it won't take. 
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> I realise I have been told to learn python in order to make things less painful, 
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> but I don't see why code written in the book does not take. 
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> Thank you for reading.
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> I thought I might as well include, so's you might be able to see where things are 
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> going astray. The Windows command prompt :-

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