json value is an html string - how to parse it in python?

Question

I have a JSON file like that:

{
    "entryLabel": "cat",
    "entryContent": "cat
 [ˈkæt]   noun   1 (domestic) chat m;   Have you got a cat? Est-ce que tu as un chat?;   to let the cat out of the bag vendre la mèche
;   curiosity killed the cat la curiosité est toujours punie
;   to look like sth the cat dragged in, to look like sth the cat brought in être dans un état lamentable
;   to play cat and mouse with sb, to play a game of cat and mouse with sb jouer au chat et à la souris avec qn
;   to put the cat among the pigeons, to set the cat among the pigeons (British) jeter un pavé dans la mare
;   there's no room to swing a cat on ne peut pas se tourner
 
2 (= big cat) félin m;   

"
}

I need to parse this JSON file but for the data "entryContent" the value is an HTML string. I can probably transform the structure of my initial JSON file or parse the HTML string directly ? I need some advice.

For now I just have this code:

import json
from pprint import pprint
json_data=open('cat.json')

data = json.load(json_data)
#pprint(data)

print data["dictionaryCode"]    
print data["entryLabel"]    
print data["entryContent"]   

json_data.close()

Finally from the HTML I need to get the value of this span ˈkæt ; the src value of the source element ; the value of the span class pos noun; and all the senses provided by the div element


 

2 (= big cat) félin m;

Reut Sharabani · Accepted Answer

Try using BeautifulSoup:

import json
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

# json_data=open('cat.json')    
# data = json.load(json_data)
# using json.load and the 'with' context (to close file when not needed...)
with open('cat.json') as f:
    json_data = json.load(f)

print data["dictionaryCode"]    
print data["entryLabel"]
entryContentHTML = BeautifulSoup(data["entryContent"])  
print entryContentHTML.prettify()

# json_data.close()

json value is an html string - how to parse it in python?

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