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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"QAPage","mainEntity":{"@type":"Question","name":"Did output_format='json' replace json_output=True","text":"\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003ePython version 3.10.1\u003cbr\u003e\ntrafilatura version 1.2.1\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eI'm using the tutorial from: \u003ca href=\"https://sempioneer.com/python-for-seo/how-to-extract-text-from-multiple-webpages-in-python/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://sempioneer.com/python-for-seo/how-to-extract-text-from-multiple-webpages-in-python/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eRunning the code presents the following error:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003ccode class=\"notranslate\"\u003eTypeError: extract() got an unexpected keyword argument 'json_output'\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003efrom this line of code:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"snippet-clipboard-content notranslate position-relative overflow-auto\" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content=\"   a = trafilatura.extract(downloaded_url, json_output=True, with_metadata=True, include_comments = False,\n                            date_extraction_params={'extensive_search': True, 'original_date': True})\"\u003e\u003cpre class=\"notranslate\"\u003e\u003ccode class=\"notranslate\"\u003e   a = trafilatura.extract(downloaded_url, json_output=True, with_metadata=True, include_comments = False,\n                            date_extraction_params={'extensive_search': True, 'original_date': True})\n\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/pre\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eI appear not to be the only one experiencing this issue:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://solveforum.com/forums/threads/solved-typeerror-xxxxx-got-an-unexpected-keyword-argument-xxxxxx.282347/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://solveforum.com/forums/threads/solved-typeerror-xxxxx-got-an-unexpected-keyword-argument-xxxxxx.282347/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://exerror.com/typeerror-extract-got-an-unexpected-keyword-argument-json_output/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://exerror.com/typeerror-extract-got-an-unexpected-keyword-argument-json_output/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eI went to the documents to see if I could figure out what the issue is.  \u003ca href=\"https://trafilatura.readthedocs.io/en/latest/corefunctions.html?highlight=extract()#trafilatura.extract\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eDocumentation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eFrom here I see trafilatura.extract does not have \"json_output\".  However, I do see \"output_format\".  Are these interchangeable?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe following seems to work:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"snippet-clipboard-content notranslate position-relative overflow-auto\" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content=\"    a = trafilatura.extract(downloaded_url, output_format='json', with_metadata=True, include_comments = False,\n                            date_extraction_params={'extensive_search': True, 'original_date': True})\"\u003e\u003cpre class=\"notranslate\"\u003e\u003ccode class=\"notranslate\"\u003e    a = trafilatura.extract(downloaded_url, output_format='json', with_metadata=True, include_comments = False,\n                            date_extraction_params={'extensive_search': True, 'original_date': True})\n\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/pre\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eHowever I want to be sure. I don't see anything in the Github changelog referencing this.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThank you\u003c/p\u003e","upvoteCount":1,"answerCount":1,"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eHi \u003ca class=\"user-mention notranslate\" data-hovercard-type=\"user\" data-hovercard-url=\"/users/BreezySMX/hovercard\" data-octo-click=\"hovercard-link-click\" data-octo-dimensions=\"link_type:self\" href=\"https://github.com/BreezySMX\"\u003e@BreezySMX\u003c/a\u003e, thanks for your feedback!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThese arguments are now indeed deprecated in favor of \u003ccode class=\"notranslate\"\u003eoutput_format\u003c/code\u003e but the information might not be so easy to find. I added a corresponding error in \u003ca class=\"commit-link\" data-hovercard-type=\"commit\" data-hovercard-url=\"https://github.com/adbar/trafilatura/commit/24aa207742c9d2a9317f6ce15842ef32bd891e56/hovercard\" href=\"https://github.com/adbar/trafilatura/commit/24aa207742c9d2a9317f6ce15842ef32bd891e56\"\u003e\u003ctt\u003e24aa207\u003c/tt\u003e\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","upvoteCount":1,"url":"https://github.com/adbar/trafilatura/discussions/205#discussioncomment-2713668"}}}