webscout 8.2.9__py3-none-any.whl → 2026.1.19__py3-none-any.whl

webscout/scout/core/scout.py

@@ -1,607 +1,800 @@
-"""
-Scout Main Module - HTML Parsing and Traversal
-"""
-import hashlib
-import json
-import re
-import unicodedata
-import urllib.parse
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
-
-from ..element import NavigableString, Tag
-from ..parsers import ParserRegistry
-from ..utils import decode_markup
-from .search_result import ScoutSearchResult
-from .text_analyzer import ScoutTextAnalyzer
-from .text_utils import SentenceTokenizer
-from .web_analyzer import ScoutWebAnalyzer
-
-
-class Scout:
-    """
-    Scout - Making web scraping a breeze! 🌊
-    A comprehensive HTML parsing and traversal library.
-    Enhanced with advanced features and intelligent parsing.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, markup="", features='html.parser', from_encoding=None, **kwargs):
-        """
-        Initialize Scout with HTML content.
-
-        Args:
-            markup (str): HTML content to parse
-            features (str): Parser to use ('html.parser', 'lxml', 'html5lib', 'lxml-xml')
-            from_encoding (str): Source encoding (if known)
-            **kwargs: Additional parsing options
-        """
-        # Intelligent markup handling
-        self.markup = self._preprocess_markup(markup, from_encoding)
-        self.features = features
-        self.from_encoding = from_encoding
-
-        # Get the right parser for the job
-        if features not in ParserRegistry.list_parsers():
-            raise ValueError(
-                f"Invalid parser '{features}'! Choose from: {', '.join(ParserRegistry.list_parsers().keys())}"
-            )
-
-        parser_class = ParserRegistry.get_parser(features)
-        self.parser = parser_class
-
-        # Parse that HTML! 🎯
-        self._soup = self.parser.parse(self.markup)
-
-        # BeautifulSoup-like attributes
-        self.name = self._soup.name if hasattr(self._soup, 'name') else None
-        self.attrs = self._soup.attrs if hasattr(self._soup, 'attrs') else {}
-
-        # Advanced parsing options
-        self._cache = {}
-
-        # Text and web analyzers
-        self.text_analyzer = ScoutTextAnalyzer()
-        self.web_analyzer = ScoutWebAnalyzer()
-
-    def normalize_text(self, text: str, form='NFKD') -> str:
-        """
-        Normalize text using Unicode normalization.
-
-        Args:
-            text (str): Input text
-            form (str, optional): Normalization form
-
-        Returns:
-            str: Normalized text
-        """
-        return unicodedata.normalize(form, text)
-
-    def url_parse(self, url: str) -> Dict[str, str]:
-        """
-        Parse and analyze a URL.
-
-        Args:
-            url (str): URL to parse
-
-        Returns:
-            Dict[str, str]: Parsed URL components
-        """
-        parsed = urllib.parse.urlparse(url)
-        return {
-            'scheme': parsed.scheme,
-            'netloc': parsed.netloc,
-            'path': parsed.path,
-            'params': parsed.params,
-            'query': parsed.query,
-            'fragment': parsed.fragment
-        }
-
-    def analyze_page_structure(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-        """
-        Analyze the structure of the parsed page.
-
-        Returns:
-            Dict[str, Any]: Page structure analysis
-        """
-        return self.web_analyzer.analyze_page_structure(self)
-
-    def analyze_text(self, text: Optional[str] = None) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-        """
-        Perform advanced text analysis.
-
-        Args:
-            text (str, optional): Text to analyze. If None, uses page text.
-
-        Returns:
-            Dict[str, Any]: Text analysis results
-        """
-        if text is None:
-            text = self.get_text()
-
-        return {
-            'word_count': self.text_analyzer.count_words(text),
-            'entities': self.text_analyzer.extract_entities(text),
-            'tokens': self.text_analyzer.tokenize(text)
-        }
-
-    def extract_semantic_info(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-        """
-        Extract semantic information from the document.
-
-        Returns:
-            Dict[str, Any]: Semantic information
-        """
-        semantic_info = {
-            'headings': {
-                'h1': [h.get_text(strip=True) for h in self.find_all('h1')],
-                'h2': [h.get_text(strip=True) for h in self.find_all('h2')],
-                'h3': [h.get_text(strip=True) for h in self.find_all('h3')]
-            },
-            'lists': {
-                'ul': [ul.find_all('li') for ul in self.find_all('ul')],
-                'ol': [ol.find_all('li') for ol in self.find_all('ol')]
-            },
-            'tables': {
-                'count': len(self.find_all('table')),
-                'headers': [table.find_all('th') for table in self.find_all('table')]
-            }
-        }
-        return semantic_info
-
-    def cache(self, key: str, value: Any = None) -> Any:
-        """
-        Manage a cache for parsed content.
-
-        Args:
-            key (str): Cache key
-            value (Any, optional): Value to cache
-
-        Returns:
-            Any: Cached value or None
-        """
-        if value is not None:
-            self._cache[key] = value
-        return self._cache.get(key)
-
-    def hash_content(self, method='md5') -> str:
-        """
-        Generate a hash of the parsed content.
-
-        Args:
-            method (str, optional): Hashing method
-
-        Returns:
-            str: Content hash
-        """
-        hash_methods = {
-            'md5': hashlib.md5,
-            'sha1': hashlib.sha1,
-            'sha256': hashlib.sha256
-        }
-
-        if method not in hash_methods:
-            raise ValueError(f"Unsupported hash method: {method}")
-
-        hasher = hash_methods[method]()
-        hasher.update(str(self._soup).encode('utf-8'))
-        return hasher.hexdigest()
-
-    def extract_links(self, base_url: Optional[str] = None) -> List[Dict[str, str]]:
-        """
-        Extract all links from the document.
-
-        Args:
-            base_url (str, optional): Base URL for resolving relative links
-
-        Returns:
-            List[Dict[str, str]]: List of link dictionaries
-        """
-        links = []
-        for link in self.find_all(['a', 'link']):
-            href = link.get('href')
-            if href:
-                # Resolve relative URLs if base_url is provided
-                if base_url and not href.startswith(('http://', 'https://', '//')):
-                    href = f"{base_url.rstrip('/')}/{href.lstrip('/')}"
-
-                links.append({
-                    'href': href,
-                    'text': link.get_text(strip=True),
-                    'rel': link.get('rel', [None])[0],
-                    'type': link.get('type')
-                })
-        return links
-
-    def extract_metadata(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-        """
-        Extract metadata from HTML document.
-
-        Returns:
-            Dict[str, Any]: Extracted metadata
-        """
-        metadata = {
-            'title': self.find('title').texts()[0] if self.find('title').texts() else None,
-            'description': self.find('meta', attrs={'name': 'description'}).attrs('content')[0] if self.find('meta', attrs={'name': 'description'}).attrs('content') else None,
-            'keywords': self.find('meta', attrs={'name': 'keywords'}).attrs('content')[0].split(',') if self.find('meta', attrs={'name': 'keywords'}).attrs('content') else [],
-            'og_metadata': {},
-            'twitter_metadata': {}
-        }
-
-        # Open Graph metadata
-        for meta in self.find_all('meta', attrs={'property': re.compile(r'^og:')}):
-            key = meta.attrs('property')[0][3:]
-            metadata['og_metadata'][key] = meta.attrs('content')[0]
-
-        # Twitter Card metadata
-        for meta in self.find_all('meta', attrs={'name': re.compile(r'^twitter:')}):
-            key = meta.attrs('name')[0][8:]
-            metadata['twitter_metadata'][key] = meta.attrs('content')[0]
-
-        return metadata
-
-    def to_json(self, indent=2) -> str:
-        """
-        Convert parsed content to JSON.
-
-        Args:
-            indent (int, optional): JSON indentation
-
-        Returns:
-            str: JSON representation of the document
-        """
-        def _tag_to_dict(tag):
-            if isinstance(tag, NavigableString):
-                return str(tag)
-
-            result = {
-                'name': tag.name,
-                'attrs': tag.attrs,
-                'text': tag.get_text(strip=True)
-            }
-
-            if tag.contents:
-                result['children'] = [_tag_to_dict(child) for child in tag.contents]
-
-            return result
-
-        return json.dumps(_tag_to_dict(self._soup), indent=indent)
-
-    def find(self, name=None, attrs={}, recursive=True, text=None, **kwargs) -> ScoutSearchResult:
-        """
-        Find the first matching element.
-
-        Args:
-            name (str, optional): Tag name to search for
-            attrs (dict, optional): Attributes to match
-            recursive (bool, optional): Search recursively
-            text (str, optional): Text content to match
-
-        Returns:
-            ScoutSearchResult: First matching element
-        """
-        result = self._soup.find(name, attrs, recursive, text, **kwargs)
-        return ScoutSearchResult([result]) if result else ScoutSearchResult([])
-
-    def find_all(self, name=None, attrs={}, recursive=True, text=None, limit=None, **kwargs) -> ScoutSearchResult:
-        """
-        Find all matching elements.
-
-        Args:
-            name (str, optional): Tag name to search for
-            attrs (dict, optional): Attributes to match
-            recursive (bool, optional): Search recursively
-            text (str, optional): Text content to match
-            limit (int, optional): Maximum number of results
-
-        Returns:
-            ScoutSearchResult: List of matching elements
-        """
-        results = self._soup.find_all(name, attrs, recursive, text, limit, **kwargs)
-        return ScoutSearchResult(results)
-
-    def find_parent(self, name=None, attrs={}, **kwargs) -> Optional[Tag]:
-        """
-        Find the first parent matching given criteria.
-
-        Args:
-            name (str, optional): Tag name to search for
-            attrs (dict, optional): Attributes to match
-
-        Returns:
-            Tag or None: First matching parent
-        """
-        current = self._soup.parent
-        while current:
-            if (name is None or current.name == name) and \
-               all(current.get(k) == v for k, v in attrs.items()):
-                return current
-            current = current.parent
-        return None
-
-    def find_parents(self, name=None, attrs={}, limit=None, **kwargs) -> List[Tag]:
-        """
-        Find all parents matching given criteria.
-
-        Args:
-            name (str, optional): Tag name to search for
-            attrs (dict, optional): Attributes to match
-            limit (int, optional): Maximum number of results
-
-        Returns:
-            List[Tag]: List of matching parents
-        """
-        parents = []
-        current = self._soup.parent
-        while current and (limit is None or len(parents) < limit):
-            if (name is None or current.name == name) and \
-               all(current.get(k) == v for k, v in attrs.items()):
-                parents.append(current)
-            current = current.parent
-        return parents
-
-    def find_next_sibling(self, name=None, attrs={}, **kwargs) -> Optional[Tag]:
-        """
-        Find the next sibling matching given criteria.
-
-        Args:
-            name (str, optional): Tag name to search for
-            attrs (dict, optional): Attributes to match
-
-        Returns:
-            Tag or None: First matching next sibling
-        """
-        if not self._soup.parent:
-            return None
-
-        siblings = self._soup.parent.contents
-        try:
-            current_index = siblings.index(self._soup)
-            for sibling in siblings[current_index + 1:]:
-                if isinstance(sibling, Tag):
-                    if (name is None or sibling.name == name) and \
-                       all(sibling.get(k) == v for k, v in attrs.items()):
-                        return sibling
-        except ValueError:
-            pass
-        return None
-
-    def find_next_siblings(self, name=None, attrs={}, limit=None, **kwargs) -> List[Tag]:
-        """
-        Find all next siblings matching given criteria.
-
-        Args:
-            name (str, optional): Tag name to search for
-            attrs (dict, optional): Attributes to match
-            limit (int, optional): Maximum number of results
-
-        Returns:
-            List[Tag]: List of matching next siblings
-        """
-        if not self._soup.parent:
-            return []
-
-        siblings = []
-        siblings_list = self._soup.parent.contents
-        try:
-            current_index = siblings_list.index(self._soup)
-            for sibling in siblings_list[current_index + 1:]:
-                if isinstance(sibling, Tag):
-                    if (name is None or sibling.name == name) and \
-                       all(sibling.get(k) == v for k, v in attrs.items()):
-                        siblings.append(sibling)
-                        if limit and len(siblings) == limit:
-                            break
-        except ValueError:
-            pass
-        return siblings
-
-    def find_previous_sibling(self, name=None, attrs={}, **kwargs) -> Optional[Tag]:
-        """Find the previous sibling matching given criteria."""
-        if not self._soup.parent:
-            return None
-
-        siblings = self._soup.parent.contents
-        try:
-            current_index = siblings.index(self._soup)
-            for sibling in reversed(siblings[:current_index]):
-                if isinstance(sibling, Tag):
-                    if (name is None or sibling.name == name) and all(
-                        sibling.get(k) == v for k, v in attrs.items()
-                    ):
-                        return sibling
-        except ValueError:
-            pass
-        return None
-
-    def find_previous_siblings(self, name=None, attrs={}, limit=None, **kwargs) -> List[Tag]:
-        """Find all previous siblings matching given criteria."""
-        if not self._soup.parent:
-            return []
-
-        siblings = []
-        siblings_list = self._soup.parent.contents
-        try:
-            current_index = siblings_list.index(self._soup)
-            for sibling in reversed(siblings_list[:current_index]):
-                if isinstance(sibling, Tag):
-                    if (name is None or sibling.name == name) and all(
-                        sibling.get(k) == v for k, v in attrs.items()
-                    ):
-                        siblings.append(sibling)
-                        if limit and len(siblings) == limit:
-                            break
-        except ValueError:
-            pass
-        return siblings
-
-    def select(self, selector: str) -> List[Tag]:
-        """
-        Select elements using CSS selector.
-
-        Args:
-            selector (str): CSS selector string
-
-        Returns:
-            List[Tag]: List of matching elements
-        """
-        return self._soup.select(selector)
-
-    def select_one(self, selector: str) -> Optional[Tag]:
-        """
-        Select the first element matching the CSS selector.
-
-        Args:
-            selector (str): CSS selector string
-
-        Returns:
-            Tag or None: First matching element
-        """
-        return self._soup.select_one(selector)
-
-    def get_text(self, separator=' ', strip=False, types=None) -> str:
-        """
-        Extract all text from the parsed document.
-
-        Args:
-            separator (str, optional): Text separator
-            strip (bool, optional): Strip whitespace
-            types (list, optional): Types of content to extract
-
-        Returns:
-            str: Extracted text
-        """
-        tokenizer = SentenceTokenizer()
-        text = self._soup.get_text(separator, strip, types)
-        sentences = tokenizer.tokenize(text)
-        return "\n\n".join(sentences)
-
-    def remove_tags(self, tags: List[str]) -> None:
-        """
-        Remove specified tags and their contents from the document.
-
-        Args:
-            tags (List[str]): List of tag names to remove
-        """
-        for tag_name in tags:
-            for tag in self._soup.find_all(tag_name):
-                tag.decompose()
-
-    def prettify(self, formatter='minimal') -> str:
-        """
-        Return a formatted, pretty-printed version of the HTML.
-
-        Args:
-            formatter (str, optional): Formatting style
-
-        Returns:
-            str: Prettified HTML
-        """
-        return self._soup.prettify(formatter)
-
-    def decompose(self, tag: Tag = None) -> None:
-        """
-        Remove a tag and its contents from the document.
-
-        Args:
-            tag (Tag, optional): Tag to remove. If None, removes the root tag.
-        """
-        if tag is None:
-            tag = self._soup
-        tag.decompose()
-
-    def extract(self, tag: Tag = None) -> Tag:
-        """
-        Remove a tag from the document and return it.
-
-        Args:
-            tag (Tag, optional): Tag to extract. If None, extracts the root tag.
-
-        Returns:
-            Tag: Extracted tag
-        """
-        if tag is None:
-            tag = self._soup
-        return tag.extract()
-
-    def clear(self, tag: Tag = None) -> None:
-        """
-        Remove a tag's contents while keeping the tag itself.
-
-        Args:
-            tag (Tag, optional): Tag to clear. If None, clears the root tag.
-        """
-        if tag is None:
-            tag = self._soup
-        tag.clear()
-
-    def replace_with(self, old_tag: Tag, new_tag: Tag) -> None:
-        """
-        Replace one tag with another.
-
-        Args:
-            old_tag (Tag): Tag to replace
-            new_tag (Tag): Replacement tag
-        """
-        old_tag.replace_with(new_tag)
-
-    def encode(self, encoding='utf-8') -> bytes:
-        """
-        Encode the document to a specific encoding.
-
-        Args:
-            encoding (str, optional): Encoding to use
-
-        Returns:
-            bytes: Encoded document
-        """
-        return str(self._soup).encode(encoding)
-
-    def decode(self, encoding='utf-8') -> str:
-        """
-        Decode the document from a specific encoding.
-
-        Args:
-            encoding (str, optional): Encoding to use
-
-        Returns:
-            str: Decoded document
-        """
-        return str(self._soup)
-
-    def __str__(self) -> str:
-        """
-        String representation of the parsed document.
-
-        Returns:
-            str: HTML content
-        """
-        return str(self._soup)
-
-    def __repr__(self) -> str:
-        """
-        Detailed representation of the Scout object.
-
-        Returns:
-            str: Scout object description
-        """
-        return f"Scout(features='{self.features}', content_length={len(self.markup)})"
-
-    def _preprocess_markup(self, markup: str, encoding: Optional[str] = None) -> str:
-        """
-        Preprocess markup before parsing.
-
-        Args:
-            markup (str): Input markup
-            encoding (str, optional): Encoding to use
-
-        Returns:
-            str: Preprocessed markup
-        """
-        # Decode markup
-        decoded_markup = decode_markup(markup, encoding)
-
-        # Basic HTML cleaning
-        # Remove comments, normalize whitespace, etc.
-        decoded_markup = re.sub(r'<!--.*?-->', '', decoded_markup, flags=re.DOTALL)
-        decoded_markup = re.sub(r'\s+', ' ', decoded_markup)
-
-        return decoded_markup
+"""
+Scout Main Module - HTML Parsing and Traversal
+"""
+
+import hashlib
+import json
+import re
+import unicodedata
+import urllib.parse
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Literal, Optional, Union
+
+from ..element import NavigableString, Tag
+from ..parsers import ParserRegistry
+from ..utils import decode_markup
+from .search_result import ScoutSearchResult
+from .text_analyzer import ScoutTextAnalyzer
+from .web_analyzer import ScoutWebAnalyzer
+
+
+class Scout:
+    """
+    Scout - Making web scraping a breeze! 🌊
+    A comprehensive HTML parsing and traversal library.
+    Enhanced with advanced features and intelligent parsing.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        markup: Union[str, bytes] = "",
+        features: str = "html.parser",
+        from_encoding: Optional[str] = None,
+        exclude_encodings: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        element_classes: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
+        **kwargs,
+    ):
+        """
+        Initialize Scout with HTML content.
+
+        Args:
+            markup (str): HTML content to parse
+            features (str): Parser to use ('html.parser', 'lxml', 'html5lib', 'lxml-xml')
+            from_encoding (str): Source encoding (if known)
+            exclude_encodings (list): Encodings to avoid
+            element_classes (dict): Custom classes for different element types
+            **kwargs: Additional parsing options
+        """
+        # Store original markup and settings
+        self.original_encoding = from_encoding
+        self.exclude_encodings = exclude_encodings or []
+        self.element_classes = element_classes or {}
+        self.builder_features = features
+        self.contains_replacement_characters = False
+
+        # Intelligent markup handling
+        self.markup = self._preprocess_markup(markup, from_encoding)
+        self.features = features
+        self.from_encoding = from_encoding
+
+        # Get the right parser for the job
+        if features not in ParserRegistry.list_parsers():
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Invalid parser '{features}'! Choose from: {', '.join(ParserRegistry.list_parsers().keys())}"
+            )
+
+        parser_class = ParserRegistry.get_parser(features)
+        self.parser = parser_class
+
+        # Parse that HTML! 🎯
+        self._soup = self.parser.parse(self.markup)
+
+        # Set up the root element properly
+        if hasattr(self._soup, "name"):
+            self.name = self._soup.name
+        else:
+            self.name = "[document]"
+
+        # BS4-like attributes
+        self.attrs = self._soup.attrs if hasattr(self._soup, "attrs") else {}
+        self.contents = self._soup.contents if hasattr(self._soup, "contents") else []
+        self.parent = None
+        self.next_sibling = None
+        self.previous_sibling = None
+
+        # Advanced parsing options and caching
+        self._cache = {}
+        self._tag_name_cache = {}
+        self._css_selector_cache = {}
+
+        # Text and web analyzers
+        self.text_analyzer = ScoutTextAnalyzer()
+        self.web_analyzer = ScoutWebAnalyzer()
+
+    def normalize_text(self, text: str, form: Literal["NFC", "NFD", "NFKC", "NFKD"] = "NFKD") -> str:
+        """
+        Normalize text using Unicode normalization.
+
+        Args:
+            text (str): Input text
+            form (Literal["NFC", "NFD", "NFKC", "NFKD"], optional): Normalization form
+
+        Returns:
+            str: Normalized text
+        """
+        return unicodedata.normalize(form, text)
+
+    def url_parse(self, url: str) -> Dict[str, str]:
+        """
+        Parse and analyze a URL.
+
+        Args:
+            url (str): URL to parse
+
+        Returns:
+            Dict[str, str]: Parsed URL components
+        """
+        parsed = urllib.parse.urlparse(url)
+        return {
+            "scheme": parsed.scheme,
+            "netloc": parsed.netloc,
+            "path": parsed.path,
+            "params": parsed.params,
+            "query": parsed.query,
+            "fragment": parsed.fragment,
+        }
+
+    def analyze_page_structure(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        Analyze the structure of the parsed page.
+
+        Returns:
+            Dict[str, Any]: Page structure analysis
+        """
+        return self.web_analyzer.analyze_page_structure(self)
+
+    def analyze_text(self, text: Optional[str] = None) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        Perform advanced text analysis.
+
+        Args:
+            text (str, optional): Text to analyze. If None, uses page text.
+
+        Returns:
+            Dict[str, Any]: Text analysis results
+        """
+        if text is None:
+            text = self.get_text()
+
+        return {
+            "word_count": self.text_analyzer.count_words(text),
+            "entities": self.text_analyzer.extract_entities(text),
+            "tokens": self.text_analyzer.tokenize(text),
+        }
+
+    def extract_semantic_info(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        Extract semantic information from the document.
+
+        Returns:
+            Dict[str, Any]: Semantic information
+        """
+        semantic_info = {
+            "headings": {
+                "h1": [h.get_text(strip=True) for h in self.find_all("h1")],
+                "h2": [h.get_text(strip=True) for h in self.find_all("h2")],
+                "h3": [h.get_text(strip=True) for h in self.find_all("h3")],
+            },
+            "lists": {
+                "ul": [ul.find_all("li") for ul in self.find_all("ul")],
+                "ol": [ol.find_all("li") for ol in self.find_all("ol")],
+            },
+            "tables": {
+                "count": len(self.find_all("table")),
+                "headers": [table.find_all("th") for table in self.find_all("table")],
+            },
+        }
+        return semantic_info
+
+    def cache(self, key: str, value: Any = None) -> Any:
+        """
+        Manage a cache for parsed content.
+
+        Args:
+            key (str): Cache key
+            value (Any, optional): Value to cache
+
+        Returns:
+            Any: Cached value or None
+        """
+        if value is not None:
+            self._cache[key] = value
+        return self._cache.get(key)
+
+    def hash_content(self, method="md5") -> str:
+        """
+        Generate a hash of the parsed content.
+
+        Args:
+            method (str, optional): Hashing method
+
+        Returns:
+            str: Content hash
+        """
+        hash_methods = {"md5": hashlib.md5, "sha1": hashlib.sha1, "sha256": hashlib.sha256}
+
+        if method not in hash_methods:
+            raise ValueError(f"Unsupported hash method: {method}")
+
+        hasher = hash_methods[method]()
+        hasher.update(str(self._soup).encode("utf-8"))
+        return hasher.hexdigest()
+
+    def extract_links(self, base_url: Optional[str] = None) -> List[Dict[str, str]]:
+        """
+        Extract all links from the document.
+
+        Args:
+            base_url (str, optional): Base URL for resolving relative links
+
+        Returns:
+            List[Dict[str, str]]: List of link dictionaries
+        """
+        links = []
+        for link in self.find_all(["a", "link"]):
+            href = link.get("href")
+            if href:
+                # Resolve relative URLs if base_url is provided
+                if base_url and not href.startswith(("http://", "https://", "//")):
+                    href = f"{base_url.rstrip('/')}/{href.lstrip('/')}"
+
+                links.append(
+                    {
+                        "href": href,
+                        "text": link.get_text(strip=True),
+                        "rel": link.get("rel", [None])[0],
+                        "type": link.get("type"),
+                    }
+                )
+        return links
+
+    def extract_metadata(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """
+        Extract metadata from HTML document.
+
+        Returns:
+            Dict[str, Any]: Extracted metadata
+        """
+        title_tag = self.find("title")
+        desc_tag = self.find("meta", attrs={"name": "description"})
+        keywords_tag = self.find("meta", attrs={"name": "keywords"})
+
+        metadata = {
+            "title": title_tag.get_text(strip=True) if title_tag else None,
+            "description": desc_tag.get("content") if desc_tag else None,
+            "keywords": keywords_tag.get("content").split(",")
+            if keywords_tag and keywords_tag.get("content")
+            else [],
+            "og_metadata": {},
+            "twitter_metadata": {},
+        }
+
+        # Open Graph metadata
+        for meta in self.find_all("meta", attrs={"property": re.compile(r"^og:")}):
+            key = meta.get("property")
+            if key and key.startswith("og:"):
+                if isinstance(metadata["og_metadata"], dict):
+                    metadata["og_metadata"][key[3:]] = meta.get("content")
+
+        # Twitter Card metadata
+        for meta in self.find_all("meta", attrs={"name": re.compile(r"^twitter:")}):
+            key = meta.get("name")
+            if key and key.startswith("twitter:"):
+                if isinstance(metadata["twitter_metadata"], dict):
+                    metadata["twitter_metadata"][key[8:]] = meta.get("content")
+
+        return metadata
+
+    def to_json(self, indent=2) -> str:
+        """
+        Convert parsed content to JSON.
+
+        Args:
+            indent (int, optional): JSON indentation
+
+        Returns:
+            str: JSON representation of the document
+        """
+
+        def _tag_to_dict(tag):
+            if isinstance(tag, NavigableString):
+                return str(tag)
+
+            result = {"name": tag.name, "attrs": tag.attrs, "text": tag.get_text(strip=True)}
+
+            if tag.contents:
+                result["children"] = [_tag_to_dict(child) for child in tag.contents]
+
+            return result
+
+        return json.dumps(_tag_to_dict(self._soup), indent=indent)
+
+    def find(
+        self, name=None, attrs={}, recursive=True, text=None, class_=None, **kwargs
+    ) -> Optional[Tag]:
+        """
+        Find the first matching element. Returns a single Tag or None.
+        Highly compatible with BS4.
+        """
+        return self._soup.find(name, attrs, recursive, text, limit=1, class_=class_, **kwargs)
+
+    def find_all(
+        self, name=None, attrs={}, recursive=True, text=None, limit=None, class_=None, **kwargs
+    ) -> ScoutSearchResult:
+        """
+        Find all matching elements.
+
+        Args:
+            name (str, optional): Tag name to search for
+            attrs (dict, optional): Attributes to match
+            recursive (bool, optional): Search recursively
+            text (str, optional): Text content to match
+            limit (int, optional): Maximum number of results
+
+        Returns:
+            ScoutSearchResult: List of matching elements
+        """
+        results = self._soup.find_all(name, attrs, recursive, text, limit, class_=class_, **kwargs)
+        return ScoutSearchResult(results)
+
+    def find_parent(self, name=None, attrs={}, **kwargs) -> Optional[Tag]:
+        """
+        Find the first parent matching given criteria.
+
+        Args:
+            name (str, optional): Tag name to search for
+            attrs (dict, optional): Attributes to match
+
+        Returns:
+            Tag or None: First matching parent
+        """
+        current = self._soup.parent
+        while current:
+            if (name is None or current.name == name) and all(
+                current.get(k) == v for k, v in attrs.items()
+            ):
+                return current
+            current = current.parent
+        return None
+
+    def find_parents(self, name=None, attrs={}, limit=None, **kwargs) -> List[Tag]:
+        """
+        Find all parents matching given criteria.
+
+        Args:
+            name (str, optional): Tag name to search for
+            attrs (dict, optional): Attributes to match
+            limit (int, optional): Maximum number of results
+
+        Returns:
+            List[Tag]: List of matching parents
+        """
+        parents = []
+        current = self._soup.parent
+        while current and (limit is None or len(parents) < limit):
+            if (name is None or current.name == name) and all(
+                current.get(k) == v for k, v in attrs.items()
+            ):
+                parents.append(current)
+            current = current.parent
+        return parents
+
+    def find_next_sibling(self, name=None, attrs={}, **kwargs) -> Optional[Tag]:
+        """
+        Find the next sibling matching given criteria.
+
+        Args:
+            name (str, optional): Tag name to search for
+            attrs (dict, optional): Attributes to match
+
+        Returns:
+            Tag or None: First matching next sibling
+        """
+        if not self._soup.parent:
+            return None
+
+        siblings = self._soup.parent.contents
+        try:
+            current_index = siblings.index(self._soup)
+            for sibling in siblings[current_index + 1 :]:
+                if isinstance(sibling, Tag):
+                    if (name is None or sibling.name == name) and all(
+                        sibling.get(k) == v for k, v in attrs.items()
+                    ):
+                        return sibling
+        except ValueError:
+            pass
+        return None
+
+    def find_next_siblings(self, name=None, attrs={}, limit=None, **kwargs) -> List[Tag]:
+        """
+        Find all next siblings matching given criteria.
+
+        Args:
+            name (str, optional): Tag name to search for
+            attrs (dict, optional): Attributes to match
+            limit (int, optional): Maximum number of results
+
+        Returns:
+            List[Tag]: List of matching next siblings
+        """
+        if not self._soup.parent:
+            return []
+
+        siblings = []
+        siblings_list = self._soup.parent.contents
+        try:
+            current_index = siblings_list.index(self._soup)
+            for sibling in siblings_list[current_index + 1 :]:
+                if isinstance(sibling, Tag):
+                    if (name is None or sibling.name == name) and all(
+                        sibling.get(k) == v for k, v in attrs.items()
+                    ):
+                        siblings.append(sibling)
+                        if limit and len(siblings) == limit:
+                            break
+        except ValueError:
+            pass
+        return siblings
+
+    def find_previous_sibling(self, name=None, attrs={}, **kwargs) -> Optional[Tag]:
+        """Find the previous sibling matching given criteria."""
+        if not self._soup.parent:
+            return None
+
+        siblings = self._soup.parent.contents
+        try:
+            current_index = siblings.index(self._soup)
+            for sibling in reversed(siblings[:current_index]):
+                if isinstance(sibling, Tag):
+                    if (name is None or sibling.name == name) and all(
+                        sibling.get(k) == v for k, v in attrs.items()
+                    ):
+                        return sibling
+        except ValueError:
+            pass
+        return None
+
+    def find_previous_siblings(self, name=None, attrs={}, limit=None, **kwargs) -> List[Tag]:
+        """Find all previous siblings matching given criteria."""
+        if not self._soup.parent:
+            return []
+
+        siblings = []
+        siblings_list = self._soup.parent.contents
+        try:
+            current_index = siblings_list.index(self._soup)
+            for sibling in reversed(siblings_list[:current_index]):
+                if isinstance(sibling, Tag):
+                    if (name is None or sibling.name == name) and all(
+                        sibling.get(k) == v for k, v in attrs.items()
+                    ):
+                        siblings.append(sibling)
+                        if limit and len(siblings) == limit:
+                            break
+        except ValueError:
+            pass
+        return siblings
+
+    def find_next(self, name=None, attrs={}, text=None, **kwargs) -> Optional[Tag]:
+        """
+        Find the next element in document order.
+
+        Args:
+            name: Tag name to search for
+            attrs: Attributes to match
+            text: Text content to match
+            **kwargs: Additional attributes
+
+        Returns:
+            Optional[Tag]: Next matching element or None
+        """
+        return self._soup.find_next(name, attrs, text, **kwargs)
+
+    def find_all_next(self, name=None, attrs={}, text=None, limit=None, **kwargs) -> List[Tag]:
+        """
+        Find all next elements in document order.
+
+        Args:
+            name: Tag name to search for
+            attrs: Attributes to match
+            text: Text content to match
+            limit: Maximum number of results
+            **kwargs: Additional attributes
+
+        Returns:
+            List[Tag]: List of matching elements
+        """
+        return self._soup.find_all_next(name, attrs, text, limit, **kwargs)
+
+    def find_previous(self, name=None, attrs={}, text=None, **kwargs) -> Optional[Tag]:
+        """
+        Find the previous element in document order.
+
+        Args:
+            name: Tag name to search for
+            attrs: Attributes to match
+            text: Text content to match
+            **kwargs: Additional attributes
+
+        Returns:
+            Optional[Tag]: Previous matching element or None
+        """
+        return self._soup.find_previous(name, attrs, text, **kwargs)
+
+    def find_all_previous(self, name=None, attrs={}, text=None, limit=None, **kwargs) -> List[Tag]:
+        """
+        Find all previous elements in document order.
+
+        Args:
+            name: Tag name to search for
+            attrs: Attributes to match
+            text: Text content to match
+            limit: Maximum number of results
+            **kwargs: Additional attributes
+
+        Returns:
+            List[Tag]: List of matching elements
+        """
+        return self._soup.find_all_previous(name, attrs, text, limit, **kwargs)
+
+    def select(self, selector: str) -> List[Tag]:
+        """
+        Select elements using CSS selector.
+
+        Args:
+            selector (str): CSS selector string
+
+        Returns:
+            List[Tag]: List of matching elements
+        """
+        return self._soup.select(selector)
+
+    def select_one(self, selector: str) -> Optional[Tag]:
+        """
+        Select the first element matching the CSS selector.
+
+        Args:
+            selector (str): CSS selector string
+
+        Returns:
+            Tag or None: First matching element
+        """
+        return self._soup.select_one(selector)
+
+    def get_text(self, separator="", strip=False, types=None) -> str:
+        """
+        Extract all text from the parsed document.
+        Standard behavior like BS4.
+        """
+        return self._soup.get_text(separator, strip, types)
+
+    @property
+    def text(self) -> str:
+        """BS4 compatible text property."""
+        return self.get_text()
+
+    @property
+    def string(self) -> Optional[str]:
+        """BS4 compatible string property."""
+        return self._soup.string
+
+    def get_text_robust(
+        self, separator=" ", strip=False, types=None, encoding_fallbacks=None
+    ) -> str:
+        """Extract text robustly, trying multiple encodings if needed."""
+        try:
+            return self.get_text(separator, strip, types)
+        except UnicodeDecodeError:
+            if encoding_fallbacks:
+                for enc in encoding_fallbacks:
+                    try:
+                        return self._soup.get_text(separator, strip, types).encode(enc).decode(enc)
+                    except Exception:
+                        continue
+            raise
+
+    def remove_tags(self, tags: List[str]) -> None:
+        """
+        Remove specified tags and their contents from the document.
+
+        Args:
+            tags (List[str]): List of tag names to remove
+        """
+        for tag_name in tags:
+            for tag in self._soup.find_all(tag_name):
+                tag.decompose()
+
+    def prettify(self, formatter="minimal") -> str:
+        """
+        Return a formatted, pretty-printed version of the HTML.
+
+        Args:
+            formatter (str, optional): Formatting style
+
+        Returns:
+            str: Prettified HTML
+        """
+        return self._soup.prettify(formatter)
+
+    def decompose(self, tag: Optional[Tag] = None) -> None:
+        """
+        Remove a tag and its contents from the document.
+
+        Args:
+            tag (Tag, optional): Tag to remove. If None, removes the root tag.
+        """
+        if tag is None:
+            tag = self._soup
+        assert tag is not None
+        tag.decompose()
+
+    def extract(self, tag: Optional[Tag] = None) -> Tag:
+        """
+        Remove a tag from the document and return it.
+
+        Args:
+            tag (Tag, optional): Tag to extract. If None, extracts the root tag.
+
+        Returns:
+            Tag: Extracted tag
+        """
+        if tag is None:
+            tag = self._soup
+        assert tag is not None
+        return tag.extract()
+
+    def clear(self, tag: Optional[Tag] = None) -> None:
+        """
+        Remove a tag's contents while keeping the tag itself.
+
+        Args:
+            tag (Tag, optional): Tag to clear. If None, clears the root tag.
+        """
+        if tag is None:
+            tag = self._soup
+        assert tag is not None
+        tag.clear()
+
+    def replace_with(self, old_tag: Tag, new_tag: Tag) -> None:
+        """
+        Replace one tag with another.
+
+        Args:
+            old_tag (Tag): Tag to replace
+            new_tag (Tag): Replacement tag
+        """
+        old_tag.replace_with(new_tag)
+
+    def encode(self, encoding="utf-8", errors="strict") -> bytes:
+        """Encode the document to a specific encoding with error handling."""
+        try:
+            return str(self._soup).encode(encoding, errors)
+        except Exception:
+            return str(self._soup).encode("utf-8", errors)
+
+    def decode(self, encoding="utf-8", errors="strict") -> str:
+        """Decode the document from a specific encoding with error handling.
+
+        Note: The parsed soup is represented as a str in memory, so decoding
+        simply returns the string representation.
+        """
+        try:
+            return str(self._soup)
+        except Exception:
+            return str(self._soup)
+
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
+        """
+        String representation of the parsed document.
+
+        Returns:
+            str: HTML content
+        """
+        return str(self._soup)
+
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        """
+        Detailed representation of the Scout object.
+
+        Returns:
+            str: Scout object description
+        """
+        return f"Scout(features='{self.features}', content_length={len(self.markup)})"
+
+    def _preprocess_markup(self, markup: Union[str, bytes], encoding: Optional[str] = None) -> str:
+        """
+        Preprocess markup before parsing.
+
+        Args:
+            markup (str): Input markup
+            encoding (str, optional): Encoding to use
+
+        Returns:
+            str: Preprocessed markup
+        """
+        # Decode markup
+        decoded_markup = decode_markup(markup, encoding)
+
+        # Basic HTML cleaning
+        # Remove comments, normalize whitespace, etc.
+        decoded_markup = re.sub(r"<!--.*?-->", "", decoded_markup, flags=re.DOTALL)
+        decoded_markup = re.sub(r"\s+", " ", decoded_markup)
+
+        return decoded_markup
+
+    def wrap(self, wrapper_tag: Tag) -> Tag:
+        """Wrap the root tag in another tag with error handling."""
+        try:
+            return self._soup.wrap(wrapper_tag)
+        except Exception:
+            return wrapper_tag
+
+    def unwrap(self) -> None:
+        """Unwrap the root tag, keeping its contents in the parent, with error handling."""
+        try:
+            self._soup.unwrap()
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+    def insert_before(self, new_element: Tag) -> None:
+        """Insert a tag or string immediately before the root tag with error handling."""
+        try:
+            self._soup.insert_before(new_element)
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+    def insert_after(self, new_element: Tag) -> None:
+        """Insert a tag or string immediately after the root tag with error handling."""
+        try:
+            self._soup.insert_after(new_element)
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+    def append(self, tag: Tag) -> None:
+        """Append a tag to the root tag with error handling."""
+        try:
+            self._soup.append(tag)
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+    @property
+    def descendants(self):
+        """Yield all descendants of the root tag in document order."""
+        return self._soup.descendants
+
+    @property
+    def parents(self):
+        """Yield all parents of the root tag up the tree."""
+        return self._soup.parents
+
+    @property
+    def next_element(self):
+        """Return the next element in document order after the root tag."""
+        return self._soup.next_element
+
+    @property
+    def previous_element(self):
+        """Return the previous element in document order before the root tag."""
+        return self._soup.previous_element
+
+    def fetch_and_parse(self, url: str, session=None, **kwargs) -> "Scout":
+        """Fetch HTML from a URL and parse it with Scout. Prefers curl_cffi."""
+        try:
+            from curl_cffi import requests as curleq
+
+            s = session or curleq.Session()
+            resp = s.get(url, **kwargs)
+            return Scout(resp.content, features=self.features)
+        except ImportError:
+            import requests
+
+            s = session or requests.Session()
+            resp = s.get(url, **kwargs)
+            return Scout(resp.content, features=self.features)
+
+    def tables_to_dataframe(self, table_index=0, pandas_module=None):
+        """Convert the nth table in the document to a pandas DataFrame."""
+        try:
+            if pandas_module:
+                pd = pandas_module
+            else:
+                import pandas as pd  # type: ignore
+        except ImportError:
+            raise ImportError("pandas is required for tables_to_dataframe. Please install pandas.")
+        tables = self.find_all("table")
+        if not tables or table_index >= len(tables):
+            return None
+        table = tables[table_index]
+        rows = table.find_all("tr")
+        data = [[cell.get_text(strip=True) for cell in row.find_all(["td", "th"])] for row in rows]
+        return pd.DataFrame(data)