Hi Deb, sorry for sending directly to you instead of to the list, gmail makes it very easy to click the wrong reply button. :)
It seems you will have to install a slightly older (5 months) version of lxml if you need a binary release, so try version 2.2.8 at http://pypi.python.org/pypi/lxml/2.2.8 instead of the newest 2.3. Joost On 22 February 2011 00:59, Deb Midya <debmi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Joost, > > Thank you very much for your response. > > I have found that there is no binary file of lxml in the package index of > python.org. > > I am using Python 2.6 on Windows XP. > > Is there any alternative solution? > > Once again, thank you very much for the time you have given. > > Regards, > > Deb > > --- On *Mon, 21/2/11, Joost Molenaar <j.j.molen...@gmail.com>* wrote: > > > From: Joost Molenaar <j.j.molen...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Web-SIG] Extracting web data > To: "Deb Midya" <debmi...@yahoo.com> > Received: Monday, 21 February, 2011, 5:19 PM > > > You should look at lxml, it knows how to parse HTML and XML and lets you > use XPath to find the data you need. > Joost Molenaar > > Op 21 feb 2011 05:28 schreef "Deb Midya" > <debmi...@yahoo.com<http://au.mc1614.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=debmi...@yahoo.com> > >: > > Hi Python web-sig users, > > Thanks in advance and I am new to web-sig. > > I am using Python 2.6 on Windows XP. > > May I request you to assist me for the following please. > > I like to extract web data from the site (http://finance.yahoo.com, for > example). > > The data may include Historical Prices, Key Statistics, News & Info, > Headlines, etc. for a list of codes (such WOW, .... these are codes for > company Ids). > > I am trying to automate the extraction of data. > > Is there any Python module or any assistance please? > > Once again, thank you very much for the time you have given. > > Regards, > > Deb > > > > _______________________________________________ > Web-SIG mailing list > Web-SIG@python.org<http://au.mc1614.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Web-SIG@python.org> > Web SIG: http://www.python.org/sigs/web-sig > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/web-sig/j.j.molenaar%40gmail.com > > >
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