Scraping Wikipedia with beautifulsoup libraries wikipedia stuff is fun but tricky.
Here’s what I do:
- Always check for `div#bodyContent`—that’s where the main text lives.
- Use `soup.select()` for CSS selectors—way more flexible than `find()`.
- And yeah, add a `time.sleep(2)` between requests to stay under the radar.
For code snippets, the docs are your friend: https://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/bs4/doc/
Here’s what I do:
- Always check for `div#bodyContent`—that’s where the main text lives.
- Use `soup.select()` for CSS selectors—way more flexible than `find()`.
- And yeah, add a `time.sleep(2)` between requests to stay under the radar.
For code snippets, the docs are your friend: https://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/bs4/doc/