Add scraper for Calderdale.

python_scrapers/Calderdale.py

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import urllib2
+import urllib
+import urlparse
+
+import datetime
+
+import re
+
+from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
+
+from PlanningUtils import PlanningApplication, \
+    PlanningAuthorityResults, \
+    getPostcodeFromText
+
+date_format = "%d%%2F%m%%2F%Y"
+
+class CalderdaleParser:
+    def __init__(self, *args):
+        self.authority_name = "Calderdale Council"
+        self.authority_short_name = "Calderdale"
+        self.base_url = "http://www.calderdale.gov.uk/environment/planning/search-applications/planapps.jsp?status=0&date1=%(date)s&date2=%(date)s&Search=Search"
+        self.info_url = "http://www.calderdale.gov.uk/environment/planning/search-applications/planapps.jsp?app=%s&Search=Search"
+
+        self._results = PlanningAuthorityResults(self.authority_name, self.authority_short_name)
+
+
+    def getResultsByDayMonthYear(self, day, month, year):
+        search_date = datetime.date(year, month, day)
+
+        next_page_url = self.base_url %{"date": search_date.strftime(date_format)}
+
+        while next_page_url:
+            try:
+                response = urllib2.urlopen(next_page_url)
+            except urllib2.HTTPError:
+                # This is what seems to happen if there are no apps
+                break
+
+            soup = BeautifulSoup(response.read())
+
+            next = soup.find(text="Next")
+            if next:
+                next_page_url = urlparse.urljoin(self.base_url, next.parent['href'])
+            else:
+                next_page_url = None
+
+            # There is an <h3> for each app that we can use 
+            for h3 in soup.findAll("h3", {"class": "resultsnavbar"}):
+                application = PlanningApplication()
+
+                application.date_received = search_date
+                application.council_reference = h3.string.split(": ")[1]
+                application.description = h3.findNext("div").find(text="Proposal:").parent.nextSibling.strip()
+
+                application.address = ', '.join(h3.findNext("div").find(text="Address of proposal:").parent.nextSibling.strip().split("\r"))
+                application.postcode = getPostcodeFromText(application.address)
+
+                application.comment_url = urlparse.urljoin(self.base_url, h3.findNext("div").find(text=re.compile("Comment on Application")).parent['href'])
+
+                application.info_url = self.info_url %(urllib.quote(application.council_reference))
+
+                application.osgb_x, application.osgb_y = h3.findNext("div").find(text="Grid Reference:").parent.nextSibling.strip().split()
+
+                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 = CalderdaleParser()
+    print parser.getResults(1,10,2008)
+
+# TODO
+
+# 1) Find a better way to deal with the no apps situation.

python_scrapers/OtherFilesToCopy.csv

@@ -64,3 +64,4 @@
 "Lichfield.py", "420"
 "Leicestershire.py", "420"
 "Cairngorms.py", "420"
+"Calderdale.py", "420"

python_scrapers/SitesToGenerate.csv

@@ -270,3 +270,4 @@
 "Lichfield District Council", "Lichfield", "", "Lichfield", "LichfieldParser"
 "Leicestershire County Council", "Leicestershire", "", "Leicestershire", "LeicestershireParser"
 "Cairngorms National Park", "Cairngorms", "", "Cairngorms", "CairngormsParser"
+"Calderdale Council", "Calderdale", "", "Calderdale", "CalderdaleParser"