Class PageElement

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Contains the navigational information for some part of the page (either a tag or a piece of text)

Instance Methods

setup(self, parent=None, previous=None)
Sets up the initial relations between this element and other elements.

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replaceWith(self, replaceWith)

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extract(self)
Destructively rips this element out of the tree.

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insert(self, position, newChild)

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append(self, tag)
Appends the given tag to the contents of this tag.

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findNext(self, name=None, attrs={}, text=None, **kwargs)
Returns the first item that matches the given criteria and appears after this Tag in the document. source code

findAllNext(self, name=None, attrs={}, text=None, limit=None, **kwargs)
Returns all items that match the given criteria and appear after this Tag in the document. source code

findNextSibling(self, name=None, attrs={}, text=None, **kwargs)
Returns the closest sibling to this Tag that matches the given criteria and appears after this Tag in the document. source code

findNextSiblings(self, name=None, attrs={}, text=None, limit=None, **kwargs)
Returns the siblings of this Tag that match the given criteria and appear after this Tag in the document. source code

fetchNextSiblings(self, name=None, attrs={}, text=None, limit=None, **kwargs)
Returns the siblings of this Tag that match the given criteria and appear after this Tag in the document. source code

findPrevious(self, name=None, attrs={}, text=None, **kwargs)
Returns the first item that matches the given criteria and appears before this Tag in the document. source code

findAllPrevious(self, name=None, attrs={}, text=None, limit=None, **kwargs)
Returns all items that match the given criteria and appear before this Tag in the document. source code

fetchPrevious(self, name=None, attrs={}, text=None, limit=None, **kwargs)
Returns all items that match the given criteria and appear before this Tag in the document. source code

findPreviousSibling(self, name=None, attrs={}, text=None, **kwargs)
Returns the closest sibling to this Tag that matches the given criteria and appears before this Tag in the document. source code

findPreviousSiblings(self, name=None, attrs={}, text=None, limit=None, **kwargs)
Returns the siblings of this Tag that match the given criteria and appear before this Tag in the document. source code

fetchPreviousSiblings(self, name=None, attrs={}, text=None, limit=None, **kwargs)
Returns the siblings of this Tag that match the given criteria and appear before this Tag in the document. source code

findParent(self, name=None, attrs={}, **kwargs)
Returns the closest parent of this Tag that matches the given criteria. source code

findParents(self, name=None, attrs={}, limit=None, **kwargs)
Returns the parents of this Tag that match the given criteria. source code

fetchParents(self, name=None, attrs={}, limit=None, **kwargs)
Returns the parents of this Tag that match the given criteria. source code

nextGenerator(self)

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nextSiblingGenerator(self)

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previousGenerator(self)

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previousSiblingGenerator(self)

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parentGenerator(self)

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substituteEncoding(self, str, encoding=None)

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toEncoding(self, s, encoding=None)
Encodes an object to a string in some encoding, or to Unicode.

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Method Details

toEncoding(self, s, encoding=None)

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Encodes an object to a string in some encoding, or to Unicode. .