Add scraper for Lichfield. Remove another unused import.

python_scrapers/Carmarthenshire.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import urllib2
 import urllib
 import urlparse
 
-import datetime, time
+import datetime
 import cgi
 
 from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup

python_scrapers/Lichfield.py

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+"""
+Lichfield District council has no nice search page, but it does have a page
+which has the applications received in the last 7 days, so we'll use this,
+ignoring the date passed in.
+
+"""
+
+import urllib2
+import urlparse
+
+import datetime
+
+import BeautifulSoup
+
+from PlanningUtils import PlanningApplication, \
+    PlanningAuthorityResults, \
+    getPostcodeFromText
+
+date_format = "%d/%m/%Y"
+
+class LichfieldParser:
+    def __init__(self, *args):
+
+        self.authority_name = "Lichfield District Council"
+        self.authority_short_name = "Lichfield"
+        self.base_url = "http://www.lichfielddc.gov.uk/site/scripts/planning_list.php"
+
+        self._results = PlanningAuthorityResults(self.authority_name, self.authority_short_name)
+
+
+    def getResultsByDayMonthYear(self, day, month, year):
+        response = urllib2.urlopen(self.base_url)
+        soup = BeautifulSoup.BeautifulSoup(response.read())
+
+        trs = soup.find("table", {"class": "planningtable"}).tbody.findAll("tr")
+
+        for tr in trs:
+            application = PlanningApplication()
+
+            tds = tr.findAll("td")
+
+            application.council_reference = tds[0].a.string.strip()
+            application.info_url = urlparse.urljoin(self.base_url, tds[0].a['href'])
+            application.address = ' '.join(tds[1].contents[1].strip().split()[1:])
+            application.postcode = getPostcodeFromText(application.address)
+
+
+            # We're going to need to download the info page in order to get 
+            # the comment link, the date received, and the description.
+
+            info_response = urllib2.urlopen(application.info_url)
+            info_soup = BeautifulSoup.BeautifulSoup(info_response.read())
+
+            application.description = info_soup.find(text="Proposal:").findPrevious("div").contents[1].strip()
+            application.date_received = datetime.datetime.strptime(info_soup.find(text="Date Application Valid:").findNext("span").string.strip(), date_format).date()
+            application.comment_url = info_soup.find("a", title="Comment on this planning application.")['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 = LichfieldParser()
+    print parser.getResults(12,10,2008)

python_scrapers/OtherFilesToCopy.csv

@@ -61,3 +61,4 @@
 "Gosport.py", "420"
 "WestDorset.py", "420"
 "Kirklees.py", "420"
+"Lichfield.py", "420"

python_scrapers/SitesToGenerate.csv

@@ -267,3 +267,4 @@
 "Gosport Borough Council", "Gosport", "", "Gosport", "GosportParser"
 "West Dorset District Council", "West Dorset", "", "WestDorset", "WestDorsetParser"
 "Kirklees Council", "Kirklees", "", "Kirklees", "KirkleesParser"
+"Lichfield District Council", "Lichfield", "", "Lichfield", "LichfieldParser"