import unittest from beautifulsoup import BeautifulSoup from beautifulsoup.element import SoupStrainer from beautifulsoup.testing import SoupTest class TestSoupStrainer(unittest.TestCase): def test_soupstrainer(self): strainer = SoupStrainer("b") soup = BeautifulSoup("A bold statement", parseOnlyThese=strainer) self.assertEquals(soup.decode(), "bold")