Can remove_tags search for div/style value?

tashk · 11-19-2013, 04:30 PM

Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/infosecResources
Sample article: http://resources.infosecinstitute.co...c+Resources%29

I want to remove the "Want to learn more??" boxes from the article. Here's the relevant part of the HTML source code:

Code:

<div style="margin:20px 0 25px 0;padding-left:25px;padding-right:25px;background-color:#CEECF5;font-size: medium; border:1px solid">
<strong>Want to learn more?? </strong> The InfoSec [...]

and here's my recipe:

Code:

class AdvancedUserRecipe1384894173(BasicNewsRecipe):
    title          = u'test'
    oldest_article = 15
    max_articles_per_feed = 100
    auto_cleanup = True

    feeds          = [(u'InfoSec Institute Resources', u'http://feeds.feedburner.com/infosecResources')]
    remove_tags = [dict(name='div', attrs={'style':'margin:20px 0 25px 0;padding-left:25px;padding-right:25px;background-color:#CEECF5;font-size: medium; border:1px solid'})]

For some reason this does not work as expected; the "Want to learn more??" text is not removed. Am I doing something wrong?

kovidgoyal · 11-19-2013, 10:34 PM

Sure it can, see http://www.crummy.com/software/Beaut...mentation.html for details.

However, if you are trying to remove particular text, I suggest you search for that text and then remove its parent tag. You can do that by implementing preprocess_html in your recipe.

11-19-2013, 04:30 PM	#1
tashk Hello, I'd like to know w Posts: 22 Karma: 69062 Join Date: Mar 2012 Device: Kindle 4 NT, Paperwhite 2013	Can remove_tags search for div/style value? Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/infosecResources Sample article: http://resources.infosecinstitute.co...c+Resources%29 I want to remove the "Want to learn more??" boxes from the article. Here's the relevant part of the HTML source code: Code: <div style="margin:20px 0 25px 0;padding-left:25px;padding-right:25px;background-color:#CEECF5;font-size: medium; border:1px solid"> <strong>Want to learn more?? </strong> The InfoSec [...] and here's my recipe: Code: class AdvancedUserRecipe1384894173(BasicNewsRecipe): title = u'test' oldest_article = 15 max_articles_per_feed = 100 auto_cleanup = True feeds = [(u'InfoSec Institute Resources', u'http://feeds.feedburner.com/infosecResources')] remove_tags = [dict(name='div', attrs={'style':'margin:20px 0 25px 0;padding-left:25px;padding-right:25px;background-color:#CEECF5;font-size: medium; border:1px solid'})] For some reason this does not work as expected; the "Want to learn more??" text is not removed. Am I doing something wrong?

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11-19-2013, 10:34 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,962 Karma: 22669822 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Sure it can, see http://www.crummy.com/software/Beaut...mentation.html for details. However, if you are trying to remove particular text, I suggest you search for that text and then remove its parent tag. You can do that by implementing preprocess_html in your recipe.

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