[Python] How to scrape local file with BeautifulSoup

I'm learning Python and I'm following this online class lesson.

https://openclassrooms.com/fr/courses/7168871-apprenez-les-bases-du-langage-python/exercises/4173

At the end of the lesson, we're learning the ETL procedure.

Question 3: I have to load an HTML script and use BeautifulSoup in a Python script.

The problem is there: the only thing I've done when it comes to data mining is with a website, I create a variable that contains the URL link of the website and after that I create a variable soup.

import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

url = 'https://www.gov.uk/search/news-and-communications'
reponse = requests.get(url)
page = reponse.content
soup = BeautifulSoup(page, 'html.parser')


This is easy because the HTML code is in a URL but how can I do that with a file inside my machine?

1. I create a new HTML file with the script inside (the file is named TestOC.html)
2. I create a new Python file.

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

soup = BeautifulSoup('TestOC.html', 'html.parser')


But the file is not taken. How can I do that?

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