I switched from BS4 to python lxml for a web scraping project and never looked back. The speed difference is *real*, especially when you’re dealing with thousands of pages.
BS4 is great for one-offs, but if you’re building something scalable, lxml’s the way to go. Plus, XPath is way more flexible than BS4’s find/find_all once you get the hang of it.
Pro tip: `lxml.html` is a hidden gem for web scraping—way cleaner than raw etree.
BS4 is great for one-offs, but if you’re building something scalable, lxml’s the way to go. Plus, XPath is way more flexible than BS4’s find/find_all once you get the hang of it.
Pro tip: `lxml.html` is a hidden gem for web scraping—way cleaner than raw etree.