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Convert All Markdown Files in a Folder to HTML in Python
Batch convert every .md file in a folder to .html using the `markdown` library with the 'extra' extensions.
import os
import markdown
from pathlib import Path
def convert_md_folder_to_html(input_folder="markdown_files", output_folder="html_pages"):
input_path = Path(input_folder)
output_path = Path(output_folder)
output_path.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
for md_file in input_path.glob("*.md"):
with open…How to Find HTML Elements by Tag, Class, ID, CSS Selector, and Attribute in BeautifulSoup
Parse an HTML string with BeautifulSoup and demonstrate five distinct ways to locate elements: by tag name, by class, by ID, by CSS selector, and by attribute.
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
html_content = """
<html><body>
<h1 id="title" class="heading">Hello World</h1>
<p class="content">First paragraph</p>
<p class="content special">Second paragraph</p>
<a href="https://example.com" class="link">Click here</a>
<div id="footer">
<p>© 2024</p>
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