from html.parser import HTMLParser class HTMLFilter(HTMLParser): text = "" def handle_data(self, data): self.text += data def html_filter(data): f = HTMLFilter() f.feed(data) return f.text def find_item(item, listItems): for i in range(0, len(listItems)): if listItems[i].id == item.id: return i # Check also retweets. if item.reblog != None and item.reblog.id == listItems[i].id: return i return None