Python Forum - Inserting line feeds and comments into a beautifulsoup string

Hi

In a python script which creates html documents using beautifulsoup, I want to insert new lines and html comments between some tags, at specific spots inside the beautiful string, not inside the resulting html document.

As an example, starting from such a string :

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html><head><title>My html document</title></head><body><section id="register"/><section id="words"/></body></html>

I want to get this one :

Output:<!DOCTYPE html>
<html><head><title>My html document</title></head><body>
<!-----------------here is the register section -------------->
<section id="register"/>
<!-----------------here is the words section -------------->
<section id="words"/>
<!----------------- no additionnal sections -------------->
</body></html>

I have not been able to find out how to do.

With code as this

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as btfs
from bs4 import Comment as cmt
nl=cmt("""
""")
marque='----------'
#spot=locating where to insert the comment
entête=btfs('', 'html.parser')
entête.append(cmt(nl))
entête.append(cmt(' '.join((marque,polytonique,atonique,marque))))
entête.append(cmt(nl))
spot.insert_before(entête)

I have been able to get :

Output:<section id="mots"><!--
--><!------------ ἀγαθός [αγαθος] ------------><!--
--><article id="ἀγαθός">

when I'm looking for:

Output:<section id="mots">
<!------------ ἀγαθός [αγαθος] ------------>
<article id="ἀγαθός">

and also, in other situations, to

Output:<section id="mots">
<article id="ἀγαθός">

Your input will be appreciated.

Arbiel

Hi

I actually found how to do : create a string with line feeds and comments and then converting it with beautifulsoup

arbiel@arbiel-NK3S-8-S4:~$ python
Python 3.8.10 (default, Mar 15 2022, 12:22:08) 
[GCC 9.4.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as btfs
>>> str="\r<!--- a comment --->\n"
>>> tag=btfs(str, 'html.parser')
>>> print(tag)
 <!--- a comment --->

>>> exit()
arbiel@arbiel-NK3S-8-S4:~$