How to find all elements within specific div ID in Beautiful Soup and Selenium

Question

Hey everyone I'm trying to scrape linkedin info. I've got this source code. My problem is I know how to get the info with the section ID, however this ID changes on every page refresh

 <section id="ember443" class="artdeco-card ember-view relative break-words pb3 mt2 " tabindex="-1"><:----> <div id="experience" class="pv-profile-card-anchor"></div> <.----> <div class="pvs-list__outer-container"> <.----> <ul class="pvs-list ph5 display-flex flex-row flex-wrap "> <li class="artdeco-list__item pvs-list__item--line-separated pvs-list__item--one-column"> <;----><div class="pvs-entity pvs-entity--padded pvs-list__item--no-padding-when-nested "> <div> <a data-field="experience_company_logo" class="optional-action-target-wrapper display-flex" target="_self" href="https;//www,linkedin,com/company/22316561/"> <div class="ivm-image-view-model pvs-entity__image "> <div class="ivm-view-attr__img-wrapper ivm-view-attr__img-wrapper--use-img-tag display-flex "> </div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="display-flex flex-column full-width align-self-center"> <div class="display-flex flex-row justify-space-between"> <div class=" display-flex flex-column full-width"> <div class="display-flex align-items-center"> <span class="mr1 t-bold"> <span aria-hidden="true"><!---->CEO &amp; Founder<!----></span><span class="visually-hidden"><!---->CEO &amp; Founder<!----></span> </span> <!----><!----><!----> </div> <span class="t-14 t-normal"> <span aria-hidden="true"><!---->Runa<!----></span><span class="visually-hidden"><!---->Runa<!----></span> </span> <span class="t-14 t-normal t-black--light"> <span aria-hidden="true"><!---->Jan 2018 - Present · 4 yrs 10 mos<!----></span><span class="visually-hidden"><!---->Jan 2018 - Present · 4 yrs 10 mos<!----></span> </span> <span class="t-14 t-normal t-black--light"> <span aria-hidden="true"><!---->Mexico City Area, Mexico<!----></span><span class="visually-hidden"><!---->Mexico City Area, Mexico<!----></span> </span>

I've achieved to get all the sections with this class with:

 experiences = soup.find_all("section", {"class": "artdeco-card ember-view relative break-words pb3 mt2"})

However I need the text within the div id "experience" section. I've tried with:

 div = soup.find_all(id="experience")

But it only gets me that tag and nothing else. Any ideas on how could I get the jobs info within the specific "experience" section? Thank you so much in advance

Answer 1

Well, there isn't any test inside the div with id="experience" - the data you want is after that. So maybe try something like

expAnchor = soup.find(id="experience")
if expAnchor: #to avoid error, in case expAnchor = None
    expContainer = expAnchor.find_next('div', {"class": "pvs-list__outer-container"}) 

Or, you could use css selectors and get it in one call like:

expContainer = soup.select_one('#experience ~ div.pvs-list__outer-container')