TypeError: Type str doesn't support the buffer API # find method?
python, python-3.x
Solution
You can't use `bytes.find()` to find a `str` object inside a `bytes` object(since they're different types, a `str` can't be inside `bytes`). You can, however, look for a bytes object inside it. This should work:
start_link = input.find(b' <p class="js-tweet-text tweet-text" ')
Btw, you should be using an html parser if you're parsing html.
Problem
Here is my input: ``` <!DOCTYPE html> .......... <div class="content"> <div class="stream-item-header"> <a class="account-group js-account-group js-action-profile js-user-profile-link js-nav" href="https://twitter.com/jimcramer" data-user-id="14216123"> <img class="avatar js-action-profile-avatar" src="Twitter%20_%20Search%20-%20%23tsla_files/988b4c2369623b634782f4c0469ec38f_normal.jpg" alt=""> <strong class="fullname js-action-profile-name show-popup-with-id">Jim Cramer</strong> <span></span><span class="username js-action-profile-name"><s>@</s><b>jimcramer</b></span> </a> <small class="time"> <a href="https://twitter.com/jimcramer/status/405348028417994752" class="tweet-timestamp js-permalink js-nav js-tooltip" title="3:51 PM - 26 Nov 13"><span class="_timestamp js-short-timestamp " data-time="1385477475" data-long-form="true">26 Nov</span></a> </small> </div> <p class="js-tweet-text tweet-text">Love this spirited & rigorous <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24TSLA&src=ctag" data-query-source="cashtag_click" class="twitter-cashtag pretty-link js-nav" dir="ltr"><s>$</s><b>TSLA</b></a> defense ! RT <a href="https://twitter.com/InfennonLabs" class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr"><s>@</s><b>InfennonLabs</b></a>: Why are these idiots selling <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23tsla&src=hash" data-query-source="hashtag_click" class="twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav" dir="ltr"><s>#</s><b><strong>tsla</strong></b></a> are they that blind? <a href="https://twitter.com/jimcramer" class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr"><s>@</s><b>jimcramer</b></a></p> <div class="stream-item-footer"> <div class="context"> <span class="metadata with-icn"> <i class=" badge-top"></i>Favorited 5 times</span> </div> ........... </html> ``` For instance this "input" is in my `input` variable. Here is my code: ``` start_link = input.find(' <p class="js-tweet-text tweet-text" ') ``` if i run it, i'll get the following error: ``` start_link = input.find('<p class="js-tweet-text tweet-text" ') TypeError: Type str doesn't support the buffer API ``` How can I fix this? NOTE: type of my input variable is: `class 'bytes'`