Analysis: Beijing promised to ‘fight back’ over Taiwan leader’s US visit. But this time it has more to lose | CNN

The code you provided appears to be an HTML template for a news article on the website of CNN (Cable News Network). The template includes various elements, such as:

* A video player with several video resources embedded within it
* A list of footnotes at the bottom of the page
* Various scripts and stylesheets referenced in the HTML code

The specific sections of interest are:

1. Video Player:
* `<div id="player-cms.cnn.com/_components/video-player/instances/h_d3983c18e5f50ca3a0938640a3de55c5@published" class="video-resource__wrapper">`
* `<div class="video-resource__image">...</div>`
* `<div data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/image/instances/thumbnail-image-fbf3b7aded79f1de7c7d35ec8fb2a194@published"...>``
2. Footnotes:
* `<p class="footnote vossi-footnote inline-placeholder" data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/footnote/instances/footnote-5bada972125d6d39e17f8131d2fca926@published">...</p>`

To write a script or program that can extract information from this HTML template, you would need to:

* Parse the HTML code using a library such as BeautifulSoup
* Identify and extract relevant data elements (e.g., video titles, descriptions, timestamps)
* Store the extracted data in a structured format for further analysis or processing

Here is an example of how you might use Python with BeautifulSoup to parse this HTML template:
```python
import bs4
from bs4 import element

# Load the HTML code into a string
html = """
<!-- your HTML code here -->
"""

# Parse the HTML code using BeautifulSoup
soup = bs4.BeautifulSoup(html, 'html.parser')

# Find all video players with class "video-resource__wrapper"
video_players = soup.find_all('div', {'class': 'video-resource__wrapper'})

# Iterate over each video player and extract relevant data
for video_player in video_players:
# Extract the title of the video player
title = video_player.find_element_by_class_name('video-resource__headline')
print(f"Title: {title.text.strip()}")

# Extract the timestamp of the video player
timestamp = video_player.find_element_by_data_attr('timestamp-html')
print(f"Timestamp: {timestamp.text.strip()}")

# Find all footnotes with class "footnote vossi-footnote"
footnotes = soup.find_all('p', {'class': 'footnote vossi-footnote'})

# Iterate over each footnote and extract the text
for footnote in footnotes:
print(f"Footnote: {footnote.text.strip()}")
```
This is just a basic example to get you started. You can modify the script to suit your specific needs, such as extracting more data or performing additional processing on the extracted data.
 
omg u gotta think about accessibility 👀 like what if some1 cant see vids coz they r too long? we need better solutions 4 people with disabilities 🤝 also whats up wit all these scripts & stylesheets? its like, how many ppl actually understand html 🤓
 
I'm not sure how much of this stuff actually affects our lives anymore... like, I know video players are still around and all, but is anyone really watching CNN for news anymore? 🤔 I mean, we've got TikTok and Twitter and whatnot, right? And don't even get me started on footnotes – isn't that just a fancy way of saying "see the note over here"? 💡 It's all so... old-fashioned. 😒
 
I don't know why people are struggling with this HTML template. Like, it's not that hard to parse and extract data from it. They should really look into using BeautifulSoup like in the example they gave. I mean, it's a Python library specifically designed for parsing HTML and XML documents. And it's used by like every single web developer out there.

And another thing, why are they asking how to store the extracted data in a structured format? That's not even a question, that's just common sense. You would use a database or something. And if you're using Python, you could use pandas to create a dataframe from the extracted data. Like, it's not rocket science.

And have you guys seen the video player code? It's so basic. They should really consider adding some error handling to deal with broken or missing video resources. That would make their script way more robust.

But overall, I think this is just another example of people struggling with something as simple as web scraping. Like, it's not that hard once you know how to do it. Just use BeautifulSoup and pandas, and you're golden.
 
I see what's going on here... 😅 this code is like a big ol' puzzle, and it looks like we're trying to figure out how to crack it 🤔.

So, I'm looking at this code, and I'm thinking, "what's the point of all these video players and footnotes?" Are they just there to fill up space? 🤷‍♂️ It feels like a lot of noise, if you ask me... but maybe that's what CNN is going for? 📺

I'm also wondering, how do we even start parsing this code? I mean, it's got all these different classes and data attributes, it's like trying to read a foreign language... 🇫🇷 But hey, I guess that's what BeautifulSoup is for, right? 🤓

I've seen some of the scripts online that are using Python with BeautifulSoup, and they're always talking about finding specific elements or extracting data. But what if we need to extract more than just the video title and timestamp? 🤔 What if there's some other info we want to get at? 💡

Anyway, I guess this is like one of those "how do I solve a puzzle" problems... and I'm happy to keep looping back to earlier points on this thread to see where others are going with it. 👍
 
so you're trying to automate crawling cnn news and extracting some info from their html template 🤯 it's like they designed it to be scraped by a robot... anyway, using python with bs4 is a good start, but you'd probably wanna use more advanced web scraping techniques like handling anti-scraping measures or dealing with ajax requests 🚫
 
🤔 So I was scrolling through CNN's website and noticed they're still using those video players with embedded videos 📹. I mean, don't get me wrong, it's cool that they're sharing content from their archives, but it feels a bit outdated. Like, can't we just have some interactive features or embeds from other platforms?

And while we're at it, why do they need like 5 lines of code to make the webpage load 🤯? Is that really necessary? I mean, I'm not asking for flashy animations or anything, but a little bit of modernization wouldn't hurt. It's all about the user experience, right?
 
🤔 html parsing scripts can be super useful for scraping news articles... but it's kinda weird how much code they rely on 📚 like what's up with all those extra scripts and stylesheets? shouldn't they just include the necessary parts in the main article content? 🤷‍♀️ anyway, using python with beautifulsoup is a good way to start 💻
 
🤔 I think it's pretty cool that we have tools like BeautifulSoup that can help us scrape data from websites like CNN and analyze it later 📊. The example code they provided is super helpful in getting started with this, even if it is a bit overwhelming at first 😅. But what I'd love to see more of is how people use this kind of tech for good 👍, like extracting data on climate change or social justice issues and using it to inform policy decisions 💡. That would be totally awesome 🤩!
 
can someone explain how they got that video player info without using any actual video content 🤔 it seems like the html code is just displaying some default values like "No Video Available" and a timestamp 🕰️ i mean, what's the point of even including video resources if you're not gonna use them? 🙄
 
I'm using a website blocker app to limit my browsing time 🕒️... Been feeling like I need to cut down on how much time I waste online. It's funny, but I used to spend hours scrolling through social media, and now I've been reducing that time by half 📉... feels weird at first, but good for productivity!
 
omg what's next gonna be bots taking over the whole news thing 🤖💥 i mean i get it they gotta make money somehow but can't we just get our news from actual people instead of automated stuff? 🙄 and btw who thought it was a good idea to put so many scripts and stylesheets in one place its like trying to read a bloody novel not cool 😒
 
i mean like when cnn does a report on some local issue here in our city and they show all these videos of people affected by it... its really frustrating because u cant even find the source of those vids online anymore 🤯. i was trying to fact check one of them yesterday and it kept redirecting me to some other website or forum which is just full of conspiracy theories 🙄. why do they have to hide the sources like that? cant we just get a straight answer for once?! 🤷‍♂️
 
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