<s>
Beautiful	B-Library
Soup	I-Library
is	O
a	O
Python	B-Language
package	O
for	O
parsing	O
HTML	B-Language
and	O
XML	B-Protocol
documents	I-Protocol
(	O
including	O
having	O
malformed	O
markup	O
,	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
non-closed	O
tags	O
,	O
so	O
named	O
after	O
tag	B-General_Concept
soup	I-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
creates	O
a	O
parse	O
tree	O
for	O
parsed	O
pages	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
extract	O
data	O
from	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
which	O
is	O
useful	O
for	O
web	B-Application
scraping	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beautiful	B-Library
Soup	I-Library
was	O
started	O
by	O
Leonard	O
Richardson	O
,	O
who	O
continues	O
to	O
contribute	O
to	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
additionally	O
supported	O
by	O
Tidelift	O
,	O
a	O
paid	O
subscription	O
to	O
open-source	O
maintenance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beautiful	B-Library
Soup	I-Library
3	O
was	O
the	O
official	O
release	O
line	O
of	O
Beautiful	B-Library
Soup	I-Library
from	O
May	O
2006	O
to	O
March	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beautiful	B-Library
Soup	I-Library
4	O
can	O
be	O
installed	O
with	O
pip	O
install	O
beautifulsoup4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
Python	B-Language
2.7	O
support	O
was	O
retired	O
and	O
the	O
release	O
4.9.3	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
to	O
support	O
Python	B-Language
2.7	O
.	O
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