Cannot get data using requests.get

Question

I want to get the name of a stock from a web page.

I sent the query using requsts

data = requests.get(r'http://www.etnet.com.hk/www/eng/stocks/realtime/quote.php?code=5').text

In normal situation, 'data' should contain 'HSBC HOLDINGS' but it does not.

'HSBC HOLDINGS' in data # False

What's wrong with my code?

How to solve the problem?

Answer 1

This should work

'HSBC HOLDINGS' in data.text

Edit: I did not see you already used '.text' in the first line. For me your code returns true. What is your return, when you print(data)?

Answer 2

Try to add referer header to get required output:

data = requests.get(r'http://www.etnet.com.hk/www/eng/stocks/realtime/quote.php?code=5', headers={'referer': 'http://www.etnet.com.hk/www/eng/stocks/realtime/quote.php?code=00005'}).text
'HSBC HOLDINGS' in data
# True