BeautifulSoup: Get Image URL

In this tutorial, we learn how to get theURL of an image using BeautifulSoup.

Getting the URL of an image

Syntax:

image['src']

Example:

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

#html source
html = """
<div>
<h1>Hello BeautifulSoup</h1>
<img src="img_girl.jpg" alt="Girl in a jacket"> 
<img src="img_boy.jpg" alt="boy in a jacket"> 
<img src="img_mom.jpg" alt="mom in a jacket"> 
<div>
"""
#BeautifulSoup
soup = BeautifulSoup(html, 'html.parser')

#find all images
all_imgs = soup.find_all('img')

#print image url
for image in all_imgs:
      print(image['src'])

Output:

img_girl.jpg
img_boy.jpg
img_mom.jpg

Note: you will get Error if the src attribute does not exist

Let see:

#html source
html = """
<div>
<h1>Hello BeautifulSoup</h1>
<img alt="Girl in a jacket"> 
<img src="img_boy.jpg" alt="boy in a jacket"> 
<img src="img_girl.jpg" alt="mom in a jacket"> 
<div>
"""

#BeautifulSoup
soup = BeautifulSoup(html, 'html.parser')

#find all images
all_imgs = soup.find_all('img')

#print image url
for image in all_imgs:
      print(image['src'])

Output:

File "tuto.py", line 49, in <module>
print(image['src'])
File "/home/py/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/bs4/element.py", line 1406, in __getitem__
return self.attrs[key]
KeyError: 'src'

In the next part, we're going to solve this issue.

Solving the KeyError: 'src' issue

Syntax:

src=True

Example:

#html source
html = """
<div>
<h1>Hello BeautifulSoup</h1>
<img src="img_girl.jpg" alt="Girl in a jacket"> 
<img src="img_boy.jpg" alt="boy in a jacket"> 
<img alt="mom in a jacket"> 
<div>
"""

#BeautifulSoup
soup = BeautifulSoup(html, 'html.parser')

#find all images
all_imgs = soup.find_all('img', src=True)

#print image url
for image in all_imgs:
      print(image['src'])

Output:

img_girl.jpg
img_boy.jpg