def __init__(self,title): goodreads = Keys.GoodReads() self.title = title self.url1 = "https://www.goodreads.com/book/title/?format=xml&key=" self.url2 = "&title=" self.finalurl = self.url1+goodreads.key()+self.url2+self.title page = urllib2.urlopen(self.finalurl) soup = BeautifulSoup(page) self.author_name = soup.find("name") self.average_rating = soup.average_rating