Add scraper for Leicestershire County Council.

python_scrapers/Leicestershire.py

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import urllib2
+import urllib
+import urlparse
+
+import datetime
+import re
+
+import BeautifulSoup
+
+from PlanningUtils import PlanningApplication, \
+    PlanningAuthorityResults, \
+    getPostcodeFromText
+
+search_date_format = "%d%%2F%m%%2F%Y"
+
+class LeicestershireParser:
+    def __init__(self, *args):
+
+        self.authority_name = "Leicestershire County Council"
+        self.authority_short_name = "Leicestershire"
+        self.base_url = "http://www.leics.gov.uk/index/environment/community_services_planning/planning_applications/index/environment/community_services_planning/planning_applications/eplanning_searchform/eplanning_resultpage.htm?sd=%(date)s&ed=%(date)s&kw=&map=f"
+ 
+        self._results = PlanningAuthorityResults(self.authority_name, self.authority_short_name)
+
+
+    def getResultsByDayMonthYear(self, day, month, year):
+        search_date = datetime.date(year, month, day)
+
+        response = urllib2.urlopen(self.base_url %{"date": search_date.strftime(search_date_format)})
+        soup = BeautifulSoup.BeautifulSoup(response.read())
+
+        if not soup.find(text=re.compile("No Results Found")):
+            
+            trs = soup.findAll("table", {"class": "dataTable"})[1].findAll("tr")[1:]
+
+            for tr in trs:
+                tds = tr.findAll("td")
+
+                application = PlanningApplication()
+
+                # We can fill in the date received without actually looking at the data
+                application.date_received = search_date
+
+                application.council_reference = tds[0].a.string.strip()
+                application.info_url = urlparse.urljoin(self.base_url, tds[0].a['href'])
+                application.address = ', '.join([x for x in tds[1].contents 
+                                                 if isinstance(x, BeautifulSoup.NavigableString)])
+                application.postcode = getPostcodeFromText(application.address)
+                application.description = tds[2].string.strip()
+
+                # To get the comment link we need to fetch the info page
+
+                info_response = urllib2.urlopen(application.info_url)
+                info_soup = BeautifulSoup.BeautifulSoup(info_response.read())
+
+                base = info_soup.base['href']
+
+                application.comment_url = urlparse.urljoin(base,
+                                                           info_soup.find("a", target="Planning Application Consultation Form")['href'])
+
+                self._results.addApplication(application)
+
+        return self._results
+
+    def getResults(self, day, month, year):
+        return self.getResultsByDayMonthYear(int(day), int(month), int(year)).displayXML()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = LeicestershireParser()
+    print parser.getResults(1,9,2008)
+
+
+# TODO
+
+# I suppose we should think about pagination at some point, 
+# though I've not managed to find a day with more than 1 app yet...

python_scrapers/OtherFilesToCopy.csv

@@ -62,3 +62,4 @@
 "WestDorset.py", "420"
 "Kirklees.py", "420"
 "Lichfield.py", "420"
+"Leicestershire.py", "420"

python_scrapers/SitesToGenerate.csv

@@ -268,3 +268,4 @@
 "West Dorset District Council", "West Dorset", "", "WestDorset", "WestDorsetParser"
 "Kirklees Council", "Kirklees", "", "Kirklees", "KirkleesParser"
 "Lichfield District Council", "Lichfield", "", "Lichfield", "LichfieldParser"
+"Leicestershire County Council", "Leicestershire", "", "Leicestershire", "LeicestershireParser"