html to text python code example

Example 1: python convert html to text

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
soup = BeautifulSoup(html)
print(soup.get_text())

Example 2: python convert html table to text

import pandas as pd
url = r'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S%26P_500_companies'
tables = pd.read_html(url) # Returns list of all tables on page
sp500_table = tables[0] # Select table of interest