
        
        
            
                
                
                    my_html = """
       <div>
              <p>Alex</p>
              <p id="bob">Bob</p>
              <p>Cathy</p>
       </div>
"""
soup = BeautifulSoup(my_html)

To insert a string right after the tag containing Alex:


        
        
            
                
                
                    div_tag = soup.find("div")
alex_tag = div_tag.find("p")
alex_tag.insert_after("INSERTEDTEXT")
print(div_tag)
                
            
            <div>
          <p>Alex</p>INSERTEDTEXT
          <p id="bob">Bob</p>
          <p>Cathy</p>
</div>

To insert a new tag right after the tag containing Alex:


        
        
            
                
                
                    div_tag = soup.find("div")
alex_tag = div_tag.find("p")

# Create a new tag and initialise it's content
new_tag = soup.new_tag("p")
new_tag.string = "Eric"

alex_tag.insert_after(new_tag)
print(div_tag)
                
            
            <div>
          <p>Alex</p><p>Eric</p>
          <p id="bob">Bob</p>
          <p>Cathy</p>
</div>

Published by Arthur Yanagisawa

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Official Beautiful Soup Documentation

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