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

To insert a string immediately before Bob's tag:


        
        
            
                
                
                    div_tag = soup.find("div")
bob_tag = soup.find(id="bob")
bob_tag.insert_before("AAA")
print(div_tag)
                
            
            <div>
   <p>Alex</p>
   AAA<p id="bob">Bob</p>
   <p>Cathy</p>
</div>

To insert a tag immediately before Bob's tag:


        
        
            
                
                
                    div_tag = soup.find("div")
bob_tag = soup.find(id="bob")

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

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

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