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PyQt5 Scraper (Basic Example)
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| #!/usr/bin/env python3 | |
| # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- | |
| """ | |
| Sample scraper script | |
| See: https://impythonist.wordpress.com/2015/01/06/ultimate-guide-for-scraping-javascript-rendered-web-pages/ | |
| """ | |
| # standard imports | |
| import sys | |
| # third-party imports | |
| import requests | |
| from bs4 import BeautifulSoup | |
| from pyvirtualdisplay import Display | |
| from PyQt5.QtWebKitWidgets import QWebPage | |
| from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication | |
| class Render(QWebPage): | |
| """Render HTML with PyQt5 WebKit.""" | |
| def __init__(self, html): | |
| self.html = None | |
| self.app = QApplication(sys.argv) | |
| QWebPage.__init__(self) | |
| self.loadFinished.connect(self._loadFinished) | |
| self.mainFrame().setHtml(html) | |
| self.app.exec_() | |
| def _loadFinished(self, result): | |
| self.html = self.mainFrame().toHtml() | |
| self.app.quit() | |
| url = 'https://impythonist.wordpress.com/2015/01/06/ultimate-guide-for-scraping-javascript-rendered-web-pages/' | |
| # get the raw HTML | |
| source_html = requests.get(url).text | |
| # return the JavaScript rendered HTML | |
| with Display(visible=0, size=(800, 600)): | |
| rendered_html = Render(source_html).html | |
| # get the BeautifulSoup | |
| soup = BeautifulSoup(rendered_html, 'html.parser') | |
| print('title is %r' % soup.select_one('title').text) |
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