How can I extract a <li> element from an online store using BeautifulSoup?

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Need help scraping product list items on an online shop with BeautifulSoup. Code:

import requests; from bs4 import BeautifulSoup; print([el.text for el in BeautifulSoup(requests.get(url).text, 'html.parser').find_all('li')])
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Hey there! I’ve been tinkering with BeautifulSoup for similar tasks, and your snippet looks like a good starting point. One thing I’m curious about is whether the list items you’re trying to grab have any specific attributes or classes that might help target them more precisely. Sometimes, online stores embed a lot more than just your product list items in

  • tags, so thinking about how to narrow it down can be really beneficial.

    Have you encountered any issues with the data not being present immediately? In my experience, a few sites may not render all the content directly in the HTML (due to dynamic loading, for example). I’m wondering if you might need to consider that scenario as well, maybe by switching to something like Selenium if that ever pops up.

    What’s your experience been like with device-specific variations in the layout? It’s always interesting to see how developers work around these when scraping different web pages. I’d love to hear your thoughts on this and any other tricks you’ve picked up along the way!

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    I have found that scraping data from online stores often requires a two-step process. It is beneficial to inspect the page’s structure in-depth before coding. In my experience, oftentimes the

  • elements you need are not the only ones present in the HTML. If you encounter extraneous items, consider filtering by unique attributes like class names or data attributes specific to product items. Additionally, check if the page uses asynchronous content, as device-specific loading issues might result in incomplete data being immediately available.