import re from requests import get src_file='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/easylist/easylist/master/easylist/easylist_adservers.txt' src = get(src_file).text replaced = re.sub('\|', '', src) replaced = re.sub('\^.*', '', replaced) replaced = re.sub('\!.*', '', replaced) easylist_adservers = replaced.splitlines()