Add scraper for Kingston upon Thames.

python_scrapers/KingstonUponThames.py

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+
+import urllib2
+import urllib
+import urlparse
+
+import datetime, time
+import cgi
+
+from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
+
+from PlanningUtils import PlanningApplication, \
+    PlanningAuthorityResults, \
+    getPostcodeFromText
+
+date_format = "%d/%b/%Y"
+
+class KingstonParser:
+    comments_email_address = "dc@rbk.kingston.gov.uk"
+
+    def __init__(self, *args):
+        self.authority_name = "Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames"
+        self.authority_short_name = "Kingston upon Thames"
+        self.base_url = "http://maps.kingston.gov.uk/isis_main/planning/planning_summary.aspx?strWeekListType=SRCH&strRecTo=%(date)s&strRecFrom=%(date)s&strWard=ALL&strAppTyp=ALL&strWardTxt=All%%20Wards&strAppTypTxt=All%%20Application%%20Types&strStreets=ALL&strStreetsTxt=All%%20Streets&strLimit=500"
+
+        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
+        response = urllib2.urlopen(self.base_url %{"date": search_day.strftime(date_format)})
+        soup = BeautifulSoup(response.read())
+
+        # Each app is stored in a table on it's own. 
+        # These tables don't have any nice distinguishing features,
+        # but they do all contain a NavigableString "Application",
+        # and nothing else in the page does.
+        nav_strings = soup.findAll(text="Application")
+        
+        for nav_string in nav_strings:
+            results_table = nav_string.findPrevious("table")
+
+            application = PlanningApplication()
+            application.date_received = search_day
+
+            application.council_reference = results_table.a.string.strip()
+            application.info_url = urlparse.urljoin(self.base_url, results_table.a['href'])
+            application.address = results_table.findAll("td")[7].a.string.strip()
+
+            application.postcode = getPostcodeFromText(application.address)
+            application.description = results_table.findAll("td")[-1].contents[0].strip()
+
+            # A few applications have comment urls, but most don't.
+            # When they do, they have a case officer - I don't think we can
+            # work out the other urls - even if they exist.
+            # Best to use the email address.
+            application.comment_url = self.comments_email_address
+
+            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 = KingstonParser()
+    print parser.getResults(2,8,2008)
+

python_scrapers/OtherFilesToCopy.csv

@@ -48,3 +48,4 @@
 "Carmarthenshire.py", "420"
 "Berwick.py", "420"
 "Birmingham.py", "420"
+"KingstonUponThames.py", "420"

python_scrapers/SitesToGenerate.csv

@@ -252,3 +252,4 @@
 "Carmarthenshire County Council", "Carmarthenshire", "", "Carmarthenshire", "CarmarthenshireParser"
 "Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Council", "Berwick", "", "Berwick", "BerwickParser"
 "Birmingham City Council", "Birmingham", "", "Birmingham", "BirminghamParser"
+"Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames", "Kingston upon Thames", "", "KingstonUponThames", "KingstonParser"