Editing HTML page using python 3.5.2 and Dominate

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I have an HTML page which I want to edit using a python script. I am using the Dominate library

Here's a barebones example.

<html>
<head>
  <title>asdjasda</title>
</head>
<body>
  <h1>THIS IS A TEST</h1>
</body>
</html>

Simple HTML right?
Here's the python script:

import dominate
from dominate.tags import *

page = open('index.html','r',encoding='utf-8')

with page.head:
    link(rel='stylesheet', href='tts.css')
page.close()

I get the following error when I run this script.

Traceback (most recent call last):  
  File "script.py", line 6, in <module>  
    with page.head:  
AttributeError: '_io.TextIOWrapper' object has no attribute 'head'

My HTML does have a 'head'.

How do I use dominate to edit my file?

Original Q&A

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Jahongir Rahmonov On 13 August 2017 at 11:15

The reason is that what open() function returns does not have the attribute head.

You should use document from the Dominate library.

Try this:

page = open('index.html','r',encoding='utf-8')
page_str = page.read()

doc = dominate.document(page_str)

with doc.head:
    link(rel='stylesheet', href='tts.css')

print(doc)

Hope it helps!

Editing HTML page using python 3.5.2 and Dominate

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