Make beautifulsoup4 an Optional Dependency

README.rst

@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ From PyPI
 
    $ pip install atlassian-python-api
 
+And if you want to use Crowd() or Confluence()
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   $ pip install atlassian-python-api[html]
+
 From Source
 
 - Git clone repository

atlassian/confluence.py

@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@
 from typing import cast
 
 import requests
-from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+try:
+    from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+except ImportError:
+    raise ImportError("Please install atlassian-python-api with extra=html like `pip install atlassian-python-api[html]`.")
 from deprecated import deprecated
 from requests import HTTPError
 

atlassian/crowd.py

@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 import logging
 
 from jmespath import search
-from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+try:
+    from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+except ImportError:
+    raise ImportError("Please install atlassian-python-api with extra=html like `pip install atlassian-python-api[html]`.")
 
 from .rest_client import AtlassianRestAPI
 

docs/index.rst

@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ Install package using pip:
 
 ``pip install atlassian-python-api``
 
+and if you want to use Crowd() or Confluence() use:
+
+``pip install atlassian-python-api[html]``
+
 Add a connection:
 
 .. code-block:: python

setup.py

@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
     package_dir={"atlassian": "atlassian"},
     include_package_data=True,
     zip_safe=False,
-    install_requires=["deprecated", "requests", "oauthlib", "requests_oauthlib", "jmespath", "beautifulsoup4", "typing-extensions"],
-    extras_require={"kerberos": ["requests-kerberos"]},
+    install_requires=["deprecated", "requests", "oauthlib", "requests_oauthlib", "jmespath", "typing-extensions"],
+    extras_require={"kerberos": ["requests-kerberos"], "html": ["beautifulsoup4"]},
     platforms="Platform Independent",
     classifiers=[
         "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",