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Python lxml模块基本用法：从入门到数据提取实战

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发布时间：2026-10-13| 4人浏览过
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本文详细介绍Python中lxml模块的安装方法及核心用法。通过etree.HTML将字符串转换为Element对象，利用XPath进行数据提取。文章演示了如何处理不规范HTML、解决属性缺失导致的对应错误，并展示通过节点分组实现更精准的数据抓取技巧，适合Python爬虫开发者参考。

Python lxml模块基本用法：从入门到数据提取实战

本文详细介绍Python中lxml模块的基本使用方法，供读者参考学习。

lxml的安装

1 lxml的安装

安装命令如下：pip install lxml

lxml的使用

2 lxml的使用

lxml模块的入门使用

2.1 lxml模块的入门使用

首先导入lxml的etree库（即使IDE未提示也不影响使用）。


from lxml import etree

利用etree.HTML将字符串转换为Element对象，该对象具备xpath方法，返回结果列表，且支持bytes和str类型数据。


html = etree.HTML(text) 
ret_list = html.xpath("xpath字符串")

将转换后的element对象转回字符串，返回bytes类型结果 etree.tostring(element)

假设存在如下HTML字符串，我们尝试对其进行操作。


<div> <ul> 
<li class="item-1"><a href="link1.html" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" >first item</a></li> 
<li class="item-1"><a href="link2.html" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" >second item</a></li> 
<li class="item-inactive"><a href="link3.html" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" >third item</a></li> 
<li class="item-1"><a href="link4.html" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" >fourth item</a></li> 
<li class="item-0"><a href="link5.html" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" >fifth item</a> # 注意，此处缺少一个 </li> 闭合标签 
</ul> </div>



from lxml import etree
text = ''' <div> <ul> 
    <li class="item-1"><a href="link1.html" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" >first item</a></li> 
    <li class="item-1"><a href="link2.html" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" >second item</a></li> 
    <li class="item-inactive"><a href="link3.html" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" >third item</a></li> 
    <li class="item-1"><a href="link4.html" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" >fourth item</a></li> 
    <li class="item-0"><a href="link5.html" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" >fifth item</a> 
    </ul> </div> '''
html = etree.HTML(text)
print(type(html)) 
handeled_html_str = etree.tostring(html).decode()
print(handeled_html_str)

输出结果为

<class 'lxml.etree._Element'> <html><body><div> <ul> <li class="item-1"><a href="link1.html" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" >first item</a></li> <li class="item-1"><a href="link2.html" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" >second item</a></li> <li class="item-inactive"><a href="link3.html" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" >third item</a></li> <li class="item-1"><a href="link4.html" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" >fourth item</a></li> <li class="item-0"><a href="link5.html" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" >fifth item</a> </li></ul> </div> </body></html>

可以看出，lxml能够自动补全缺失的标签。但需注意，由于网页结构不规范或lxml自身bug，有时即使依据URL响应提取数据也可能失败。此时建议通过etree.tostring方法观察etree将HTML转换后的具体结构，再基于转换后的HTML字符串进行数据提取。

lxml的深入练习

2.2 lxml的深入练习

继续操作，假设每个class为item-1的li标签代表一条新闻数据，我们需要将这些数据组合成字典。


from lxml import etree
text = ''' <div> <ul> 
    <li class="item-1"><a href="link1.html" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" >first item</a></li> 
    <li class="item-1"><a href="link2.html" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" >second item</a></li> 
    <li class="item-inactive"><a href="link3.html" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" >third item</a></li> 
    <li class="item-1"><a href="link4.html" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" >fourth item</a></li> 
    <li class="item-0"><a href="link5.html" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" >fifth item</a> 
    </ul> </div> '''
html = etree.HTML(text)
#获取href的列表和title的列表
href_list = html.xpath("//li[@class='item-1']/a/@href")
title_list = html.xpath("//li[@class='item-1']/a/text()")
#组装成字典
for href in href_list:
  item = {}
  item["href"] = href
  item["title"] = title_list[href_list.index(href)]
  print(item)

输出结果为

{'href': 'link1.html', 'title': 'first item'} {'href': 'link2.html', 'title': 'second item'} {'href': 'link4.html', 'title': 'fourth item'}

假设在某些情况下，某条新闻的href属性缺失，结果会如何？


from lxml import etree
text = ''' <div> <ul> 
    <li class="item-1"><a>first item</a></li> 
    <li class="item-1"><a href="link2.html" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" >second item</a></li> 
    <li class="item-inactive"><a href="link3.html" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" >third item</a></li> 
    <li class="item-1"><a href="link4.html" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" >fourth item</a></li> 
    <li class="item-0"><a href="link5.html" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" >fifth item</a> 
    </ul> </div> '''

结果为

{'href': 'link2.html', 'title': 'first item'} {'href': 'link4.html', 'title': 'second item'}

此时数据对应关系完全错误，这并非我们期望的结果。接下来通过2.3小节的学习来解决此问题。

lxml模块的进阶使用

2.3 lxml模块的进阶使用

此前我们获取属性或文本时返回的是字符串，但如果获取的是一个节点，返回值是什么呢？

返回的是element对象，它依然可以使用xpath方法。因此，在后续数据提取中，我们可以先根据某个标签进行分组，分组后再进行具体数据的提取。

示例如下：


from lxml import etree
text = ''' <div> <ul> 
    <li class="item-1"><a>first item</a></li> 
    <li class="item-1"><a href="link2.html" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" >second item</a></li> 
    <li class="item-inactive"><a href="link3.html" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" >third item</a></li> 
    <li class="item-1"><a href="link4.html" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" >fourth item</a></li> 
    <li class="item-0"><a href="link5.html" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" >fifth item</a> 
    </ul> </div> '''
html = etree.HTML(text)
li_list = html.xpath("//li[@class='item-1']")
print(li_list)

结果为：

[<Element li at 0x11106cb48>, <Element li at 0x11106cb88>, <Element li at 0x11106cbc8>]

可以看到结果是一个element对象，该对象可继续使用xpath方法。

先根据li标签进行分组，随后再进行数据提取。


from lxml import etree
text = ''' <div> <ul> 
    <li class="item-1"><a>first item</a></li> 
    <li class="item-1"><a href="link2.html" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" >second item</a></li> 
    <li class="item-inactive"><a href="link3.html" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" >third item</a></li> 
    <li class="item-1"><a href="link4.html" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" >fourth item</a></li> 
    <li class="item-0"><a href="link5.html" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" rel="external nofollow" >fifth item</a> 
    </ul> </div> '''
#根据li标签进行分组
html = etree.HTML(text)
li_list = html.xpath("//li[@class='item-1']")
#在每一组中继续进行数据的提取
for li in li_list:
  item = {}
  item["href"] = li.xpath("./a/@href")[0] if len(li.xpath("./a/@href"))>0 else None
  item["title"] = li.xpath("./a/text()")[0] if len(li.xpath("./a/text()"))>0 else None
  print(item)

结果是：

{'href': None, 'title': 'first item'} {'href': 'link2.html', 'title': 'second item'} {'href': 'link4.html', 'title': 'fourth item'}

在前面的代码中，数据提取时需要判断某些页面可能不存在数据的情况，此时可以使用三元运算符来解决。

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