Add scraper for Weymouth and Portland.

python_scrapers/OtherFilesToCopy.csv

@@ -67,3 +67,4 @@
 "Calderdale.py", "420"
 "Broxtowe.py", "420"
 "Mendip.py", "420"
+"Weymouth.py", "420"

python_scrapers/SitesToGenerate.csv

@@ -273,3 +273,4 @@
 "Calderdale Council", "Calderdale", "", "Calderdale", "CalderdaleParser"
 "Broxtowe Borough Council", "Broxtowe", "", "Broxtowe", "BroxtoweParser"
 "Mendip District Council", "Mendip", "", "Mendip", "MendipParser"
+"Weymouth and Portland Borough Council", "Weymouth and Portland", "", "Weymouth", "WeymouthParser"

python_scrapers/Weymouth.py

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+"""
+The Weymouth and Portland site has a page with the last 28 days of apps on it,
+so we'll use that.
+
+The info and comment pages can only be accessed by POSTs, so we'll have
+to give the search page, which is the best we can do.
+"""
+
+import urllib2
+
+import datetime
+
+from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
+
+from PlanningUtils import PlanningApplication, \
+    PlanningAuthorityResults, \
+    getPostcodeFromText
+
+
+date_format = "%d %B %Y"
+
+class WeymouthParser:
+    def __init__(self, *args):
+
+        self.authority_name = "Weymouth and Portland Borough Council"
+        self.authority_short_name = "Weymouth and Portland"
+        self.base_url = "http://www.weymouth.gov.uk/Planning/applications/newapps.asp"
+        self.search_url = "http://www.weymouth.gov.uk/planning/applications/planregister.asp"
+
+        self._results = PlanningAuthorityResults(self.authority_name, self.authority_short_name)
+
+
+    def getResultsByDayMonthYear(self, day, month, year):
+        response = urllib2.urlopen(self.base_url)
+        soup = BeautifulSoup(response.read())
+        
+        for details_input in soup.find("table", summary="Planning Applications Received in the last 7 days").findAll("input", alt="Planning Details"):
+            application = PlanningApplication()
+
+            first_tr = details_input.findPrevious("tr")
+
+            other_trs = first_tr.findNextSiblings("tr", limit=8)
+
+            application.council_reference = first_tr.find("input", {"name": "refval"})['value']
+            application.address = other_trs[0].findAll("td")[1].string.strip()
+            application.description = other_trs[1].findAll("td")[1].string.strip()
+            application.date_received = datetime.datetime.strptime(other_trs[3].findAll("td")[1].string.strip(), date_format).date()
+
+            # Both the info page and the comment page can only be got to
+            # by a POST. The best we can do is give the url of the search page
+            application.info_url = application.comment_url = self.search_url
+
+            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 = WeymouthParser()
+    print parser.getResults(1,8,2008)
+