Add Kensington and Chelsea Scraper.

python_scrapers/Kensington.py

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+
+import urllib2
+import urllib
+import urlparse
+
+import datetime, time
+import cgi
+
+from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
+
+from PlanningUtils import PlanningApplication, \
+    PlanningAuthorityResults, \
+    getPostcodeFromText
+
+date_format = "%d/%m/%Y"
+
+class KensingtonParser:
+
+    def __init__(self, *args):
+
+        self.authority_name = "The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea"
+        self.authority_short_name = "Kensington and Chelsea"
+        self.base_url = "http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/Planning/scripts/weeklyresults.asp"
+
+        self._results = PlanningAuthorityResults(self.authority_name, self.authority_short_name)
+
+
+    def getResultsByDayMonthYear(self, day, month, year):
+        search_day = datetime.date(year, month, day)
+
+        # We want the sunday of the week being searched for.
+        # (sunday is at the end of the week).
+        friday = search_day - datetime.timedelta(search_day.weekday()) + datetime.timedelta(4)
+
+        # Not using urllib.urlencode as it insists on turning the "+" into "%2B"
+        post_data = "WeekEndDate=%d%%2F%d%%2F%d&order=Received+Date&submit=search" %(friday.day, friday.month, friday.year)
+
+
+        # Now get the search page
+        response = urllib2.urlopen(self.base_url, post_data)
+        soup = BeautifulSoup(response.read())
+
+        trs = soup.find("table", summary="Planning Application search results table").findAll("tr")[1:]
+
+        for tr in trs:
+            application = PlanningApplication()
+
+            tds = tr.findAll("td")
+
+            # Not sure why these are entities. We'll convert them back.
+            application.council_reference = tds[0].a.contents[1].strip().replace("/", "/")
+            application.info_url = urlparse.urljoin(self.base_url, tds[0].a['href'])
+            application.comment_url = application.info_url
+
+            application.date_received = datetime.datetime(*(time.strptime(tds[1].string.strip(), date_format)[0:6]))
+
+            application.address = tds[2].string.strip()
+            application.postcode = getPostcodeFromText(application.address)
+
+            application.description = tds[3].string.strip()
+
+            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 = KensingtonParser()
+    print parser.getResults(11,6,2008)
+

python_scrapers/OtherFilesToCopy.csv

@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@
 "IsleOfWight.py", "420"
 "Barnsley.py", "420"
 "Shetland.py", "420"
+"Kensington.py", "420"

python_scrapers/SitesToGenerate.csv

@@ -222,3 +222,4 @@
 "Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council", "Barnsley", "", "Barnsley", "BarnsleyParser"
 "Daventry District Council", "Daventry", "http://www.daventrydc.gov.uk/swiftlg/apas/run/wphappcriteria.display", "SwiftLG", "SwiftLGParser"
 "Shetland Islands Council", "Shetland Islands", "", "Shetland", "ShetlandParser"
+"The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea", "Kensington and Chelsea", "", "Kensington", "KensingtonParser"