Add scraper for Broxtowe.

python_scrapers/Broxtowe.py

@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+import urllib2
+import urllib
+import urlparse
+
+import datetime, time
+import cgi
+
+from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
+
+from PlanningUtils import PlanningApplication, \
+    PlanningAuthorityResults, \
+    getPostcodeFromText
+
+date_format = "%d/%m/%Y"
+
+class BroxtoweParser:
+    def __init__(self, *args):
+
+        self.authority_name = "Broxtowe Borough Council"
+        self.authority_short_name = "Broxtowe"
+        self.base_url = "http://planning.broxtowe.gov.uk"
+
+        self.info_url = "http://planning.broxtowe.gov.uk/ApplicationDetail.aspx?RefVal=%s"
+
+
+        self._results = PlanningAuthorityResults(self.authority_name, self.authority_short_name)
+
+
+    def getResultsByDayMonthYear(self, day, month, year):
+        search_day = datetime.date(year, month, day)
+
+        # Now get the search page
+        get_response = urllib2.urlopen(self.base_url)
+        get_soup = BeautifulSoup(get_response.read())
+
+        # These are the inputs with a default value
+        inputs_needed = [(x['id'], x['value']) for x in get_soup.form.findAll("input", value=True, type=lambda x: x != "submit")]
+
+        # Add the submit button
+        inputs_needed.append(('cmdWeeklyList', 'Search Database'))
+
+        # We also need to add the date we want to search for.
+        # This is the friday after the date searched for.
+        # At weekends this will get you the friday before, but that isn't
+        # a problem as there are no apps then.
+        friday = search_day + datetime.timedelta(4 - search_day.weekday())
+
+        inputs_needed.append(("ddlWeeklyList", friday.strftime(date_format)))
+
+        # We'd like as many results as we can get away with on one page.
+        # 50 is the largest option offerend
+        inputs_needed.append(("ddlResultsPerPageWeeklyList", "50"))
+
+        post_data = dict(inputs_needed)
+        post_url = get_response.url
+
+        # In case something goes wrong here, let's break out of the loop after at most 10 passes
+        passes = 0
+
+        while True:
+            passes += 1
+
+            post_response = urllib2.urlopen(post_url, urllib.urlencode(post_data))
+            post_soup = BeautifulSoup(post_response.read())
+
+            result_tables = post_soup.table.findAll("table")
+
+            for result_table in result_tables:
+                application = PlanningApplication()
+
+                application.address = ', '.join(result_table.findPrevious("b").string.strip().split("\r"))
+                application.postcode = getPostcodeFromText(application.address)
+
+                trs = result_table.findAll("tr")
+
+                application.council_reference = trs[0].findAll("td")[1].string.strip()
+                application.date_received = datetime.datetime.strptime(trs[1].findAll("td")[1].string.strip(), date_format).date()
+                application.description = trs[3].findAll("td")[1].string.strip()
+
+                application.info_url = self.info_url %(urllib.quote(application.council_reference))
+
+                # In order to avoid having to do a download for every app,
+                # I'm setting the comment url to be the same as the info_url.
+                # There is a comment page which can be got to by pressing the button
+                application.comment_url = application.info_url
+
+                self._results.addApplication(application)
+
+            # Which page are we on?
+            page_no = int(post_soup.find("span", id="lblPageNo").b.string)
+            total_pages = int(post_soup.find("span", id="lblTotalPages").b.string)
+
+            if passes > 10 or not page_no < total_pages:
+                break
+
+            post_data = [
+                ("__EVENTTARGET", "hlbNext"),
+                ("__EVENTARGUMENT", ""),
+                ("__VIEWSTATE", post_soup.find("input", id="__VIEWSTATE")['value']),
+                ("__EVENTVALIDATION", post_soup.find("input", id="__EVENTVALIDATION")['value']),
+                 ]
+
+            post_url = urlparse.urljoin(post_response.url, post_soup.find("form")['action'])
+
+        return self._results
+
+    def getResults(self, day, month, year):
+        return self.getResultsByDayMonthYear(int(day), int(month), int(year)).displayXML()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = BroxtoweParser()
+    print parser.getResults(3,10,2008)
+

python_scrapers/OtherFilesToCopy.csv

@@ -65,3 +65,4 @@
 "Leicestershire.py", "420"
 "Cairngorms.py", "420"
 "Calderdale.py", "420"
+"Broxtowe.py", "420"

python_scrapers/SitesToGenerate.csv

@@ -271,3 +271,4 @@
 "Leicestershire County Council", "Leicestershire", "", "Leicestershire", "LeicestershireParser"
 "Cairngorms National Park", "Cairngorms", "", "Cairngorms", "CairngormsParser"
 "Calderdale Council", "Calderdale", "", "Calderdale", "CalderdaleParser"
+"Broxtowe Borough Council", "Broxtowe", "", "Broxtowe", "BroxtoweParser"