Add scraper for Westminster.

python_scrapers/OtherFilesToCopy.csv

@@ -51,3 +51,4 @@
 "KingstonUponThames.py", "420"
 "Hounslow.py", "420"
 "Harrow.py", "420"
+"Westminster.py", "420"

python_scrapers/SitesToGenerate.csv

@@ -255,3 +255,4 @@
 "Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames", "Kingston upon Thames", "", "KingstonUponThames", "KingstonParser"
 "London Borough of Hounslow", "Hounslow", "", "Hounslow", "HounslowParser"
 "London Borough of Harrow", "Harrow", "", "Harrow", "HarrowParser"
+"Westminster City Council", "Westminster", "", "Westminster", "WestminsterParser"

python_scrapers/WAM.py

@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class BraintreeParser(WAMParser):
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     #parser = BraintreeParser("Braintree", "Braintree", "http://planningapp.braintree.gov.uk/WAM1/weeklyApplications.do", debug=True)
     # Camden
-    parser = WAMParser("Castle Point", "Castle Point", "http://wam.castlepoint.gov.uk/WAM/pas/searchApplications.do")#, debug=True)
+#    parser = WAMParser("Castle Point", "Castle Point", "http://wam.castlepoint.gov.uk/WAM/pas/searchApplications.do")#, debug=True)
     #Chichester - Done as PublicAccess
     #parser = BraintreeParser("Colchester", "Colchester", "http://www.planning.colchester.gov.uk/WAM/weeklyApplications.do", debug=True)
     #parser = WAMParser("East Lothian", "East Lothian", "http://www.planning.eastlothian.gov.uk/WAM/pas/searchApplications.do", debug=True)
@@ -178,9 +178,9 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     #parser = BraintreeParser("South Gloucestershire", "South Gloucestershire", "http://planning.southglos.gov.uk/WAM/pas/WeeklyApplications.do", debug=True)
     #parser = WAMParser("South Norfolk", "South Norfolk", "http://wam.south-norfolk.gov.uk/WAM/pas/searchApplications.do", debug=True)
     #parser = BraintreeParser("Tower Hamlets", "Tower Hamlets", "http://194.201.98.213/WAM/weeklyApplications.do", debug=True)
-    #parser = WAMParser("Westminster", "Westminster", "http://idocs.westminster.gov.uk:8080/WAM/search/pas/index.htm", debug=True)
+    parser = WAMParser("Westminster", "Westminster", "http://idocs.westminster.gov.uk:8080/WAM/search/pas/index.htm", debug=True)
 
-    print parser.getResults(20,5,2008)
+    print parser.getResults(1,8,2008)
 
 # Left to fix
 

python_scrapers/Westminster.py

@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+"""
+This is the screenscraper for Westminster City Council.
+
+I have just noticed that there is a PublicAccess underneath all this, but
+it only has the apps in for which they are accepting comments, so I think
+we may as well use this url and get the lot...
+
+This is the PublicAccess url:
+http://publicaccess.westminster.gov.uk/publicaccess/
+"""
+
+import urllib2
+import urllib
+import urlparse
+
+import datetime, time
+import cgi
+
+from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
+
+from PlanningUtils import PlanningApplication, \
+    PlanningAuthorityResults, \
+    getPostcodeFromText
+
+date_format = "%d%%2F%m%%2F%Y"
+
+class WestminsterParser:
+    def __init__(self, *args):
+
+        self.authority_name = "City of Westminster"
+        self.authority_short_name = "Westminster"
+        self.base_url = "http://www3.westminster.gov.uk/planningapplications/currentsearch-results.cfm"
+
+        self._results = PlanningAuthorityResults(self.authority_name, self.authority_short_name)
+
+
+    def getResultsByDayMonthYear(self, day, month, year):
+        search_day = datetime.date(year, month, day)
+
+#         post_data = [
+#             ("EFNO", ""),
+#             ("STName", ""),
+#             ("STNUMB", ""),
+#             ("ADRSNO", ""),
+#             ("WARD", "AllWards"),
+#             ("AGT", ""),
+#             ("ATCDE", "AllApps"),
+#             ("DECDE", "AllDecs"),
+#             ("DTErec", search_day.strftime(date_format)),
+#             ("DTErecTo", search_day.strftime(date_format)),
+#             ("DTEvalid", ""),
+#             ("DTEvalidTo", ""),
+#             ("APDECDE", "AllAppDecs"),
+#             ("submit", "Start+Search"),
+#             ]
+        post_data = "REFNO=&STName=&STNUMB=&ADRSNO=&WARD=AllWards&AGT=&ATCDE=AllApps&DECDE=AllDecs&DTErec=%(date)s&DTErecTo=%(date)s&DTEvalid=&DTEvalidTo=&APDECDE=AllAppDecs&submit=Start+Search" %{"date": search_day.strftime(date_format)}
+
+        while post_data:
+
+            # Now get the search page
+            response = urllib2.urlopen(self.base_url, post_data)
+            soup = BeautifulSoup(response.read())
+
+            results_form = soup.find("form", {"name": "currentsearchresultsNext"})
+
+            # Sort out the post_data for the next page, if there is one
+            # If there is no next page then there will be no inputs in the form.
+            # In this case, post_data will be '', which is false.
+
+            post_data = urllib.urlencode([(x['name'], x['value']) for x in results_form.findAll("input")])
+
+            # Each result has one link, and they are the only links in the form
+
+            links = results_form.findAll("a")
+
+            for link in links:
+                application = PlanningApplication()
+
+                application.date_received = search_day
+                application.info_url = urlparse.urljoin(self.base_url, link['href'])
+                application.council_reference = link.string.strip()
+
+                application.address = link.findNext("td").string.strip()
+                application.postcode = getPostcodeFromText(application.address)
+
+                application.description = link.findNext("tr").findAll("td")[-1].string.strip()
+
+                # To get the comment url, we're going to have to go to each info url :-(
+
+                info_response = urllib2.urlopen(application.info_url)
+                info_soup = BeautifulSoup(info_response)
+
+                comment_nav_string = info_soup.find(text="Comment on this case")
+                if comment_nav_string:
+                    application.comment_url = comment_nav_string.parent['href']
+                else:
+                    application.comment_url = "No Comments"
+
+    #http://publicaccess.westminster.gov.uk/publicaccess/tdc/dcapplication/application_comments_entryform.aspx?caseno=K586GHRP03500
+
+                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 = WestminsterParser()
+    print parser.getResults(1,8,2008)
+