Extract part of a regex match
Note that starting Python 3.8, and the introduction of assignment expressions (PEP 572) (:= operator), it's possible to improve a bit on Krzysztof KrasoĊ's solution by capturing the match result directly within the if condition as a variable and re-use it in the condition's body:
# pattern = '<title>(.*)</title>'# text = '<title>hello</title>'if match := re.search(pattern, text, re.IGNORECASE): title = match.group(1)# hello
Try using capturing groups:
title = re.search('<title>(.*)</title>', html, re.IGNORECASE).group(1)