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lxml xpath web scraping for the interior dept page table of monuments Donald J Trump wants to reduce in size or elimate all together
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| import requests | |
| from lxml import html | |
| pageContent=requests.get('https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-department-releases-list-monuments-under-review-announces-first-ever-formal') | |
| tree = html.fromstring(pageContent.content) | |
| #monument | |
| tree.xpath('//*[@property="content:encoded"]//tr/td[1]/text()') | |
| #location | |
| tree.xpath('//*[@property="content:encoded"]//tr/td[2]/text()') | |
| #years | |
| tree.xpath('//*[@property="content:encoded"]//tr/td[3]/text()') | |
| #acreage | |
| tree.xpath('//*[@property="content:encoded"]//tr/td[4]/text()') |
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