From fc49e94c199391e5c2311ef19f4ca19f1e5f4ca7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: memespring <memespring@cf68f80a-222c-0410-aabe-5f79d0504a29>
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:16:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] readded broxbourne

---
 trunk/cgi-bin/broxbourne.cgi | 162 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 162 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 trunk/cgi-bin/broxbourne.cgi

diff --git a/trunk/cgi-bin/broxbourne.cgi b/trunk/cgi-bin/broxbourne.cgi
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53bfea3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trunk/cgi-bin/broxbourne.cgi
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use CGI qw(:cgi);
+use DateTime;
+use HTML::TreeBuilder;
+use LWP::UserAgent;
+use XML::Writer;
+
+# The master URL for the Broxbourne planning search
+our $SearchURL = "http://www2.broxbourne.gov.uk/planningsearch/webform1.aspx";
+
+# We're a CGI script...
+my $query = CGI->new();
+
+# Get the date as an offset from 2000-01-01
+my $epoch = DateTime->new(year => 2000, month => 1, day => 1);
+my $querydate = DateTime->new(year => $query->param("year"),
+                              month => $query->param("month"),
+                              day => $query->param("day"));
+$querydate = $querydate->delta_days($epoch)->delta_days;
+
+# Construct an LWP user agent
+our $UA = LWP::UserAgent->new(env_proxy => 1);
+
+# Post the URL to get an initial blank form
+my $state = get_state(do_post());
+
+# Post each date in turn to build up the state - you can thank
+# Microsoft and ASP.NET for the horrible way we have to do this
+# by posting each argument in turn to build up the state
+$state = get_state(do_post_back($state, 'DateSelector1$Calendar1', $querydate));
+$state = get_state(do_post_back($state, 'DateSelector2$Calendar1', $querydate));
+
+# Output an HTTP response header
+print $query->header(-type  => "text/xml");
+
+# Create an XML output stream
+my $Writer = XML::Writer->new(DATA_MODE => 1);
+
+# Output the XML header data
+$Writer->xmlDecl("UTF-8");
+$Writer->startTag("planning");
+$Writer->dataElement("authority_name", "Borough of Broxbourne");
+$Writer->dataElement("authority_short_name", "Broxbourne");
+$Writer->startTag("applications");
+
+# Get the arguments for the search...
+my $args = {
+    "Srch" => "rb1",
+    "__VIEWSTATE" => $state,
+    "btnSearch" => "Search",
+    "tbReference" => "",
+    "tbRef2" => ""
+};
+
+# ...and then (at last) we can do the search!
+my $page = do_post($args);
+
+# Loop processing pages of results
+while ($page)
+{
+    my $table = $page->look_down("_tag" => "table", "id" => "DataGrid1");
+
+    # Remember the state
+    $state = get_state($page);
+
+    # Clear the page for now - this will be reinitialised if we
+    # find another page of results to make us go round the loop
+    # all over again
+    undef $page;
+
+    # Check that we found a table - searches that find no results
+    # produce a page with no table in it
+    if ($table)
+    {
+        # Process each row of the results
+        foreach my $row ($table->look_down("_tag" => "tr"))
+        {
+            my @cells = $row->look_down("_tag" => "td");
+
+            if ($cells[0]->look_down("_tag" => "input"))
+            {
+                my $reference = $cells[1]->as_trimmed_text;
+                my $date = $cells[2]->as_trimmed_text;
+                my $address = $cells[3]->as_trimmed_text;
+                my $description = $cells[4]->as_trimmed_text;
+                my $postcode;
+
+                if ($address =~ /\s+([A-Z]+\d+\s+\d+[A-Z]+)$/)
+                {
+                    $postcode = $1;
+                }
+
+                $Writer->startTag("application");
+                $Writer->dataElement("council_reference", $reference);
+                $Writer->dataElement("address", $address);
+                $Writer->dataElement("postcode", $postcode);
+                $Writer->dataElement("description", $description);
+                $Writer->dataElement("date_received", $date);
+                $Writer->endTag("application");
+            }
+            elsif ($cells[0]->attr("colspan") && $cells[0]->attr("colspan") eq "5")
+            {
+                foreach my $link ($cells[0]->look_down("_tag" => "a"))
+                {
+                    if ($link->as_trimmed_text eq ">" &&
+                        $link->attr("href") =~ /^javascript:__doPostBack\('([^\']*)','([^\']*)'\)$/)
+                    {
+                        $page = do_post_back($state, $1, $2);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+# Finish off XML output
+$Writer->endTag("applications");
+$Writer->endTag("planning");
+$Writer->end();
+
+exit 0;
+
+# Extract the state from a page so we can repost it
+sub get_state
+{
+    my $page = shift;
+    my $viewstate = $page->look_down("_tag" => "input", "name" => "__VIEWSTATE");
+
+    return $viewstate->attr("value");
+}
+
+# Fake up what the doPostBack javascript function in the page does...
+sub do_post_back
+{
+    my $state = shift;
+    my $target = shift;
+    my $argument = shift;
+
+    $target =~ s/\$/:/g;
+
+    my $args = {
+        "__EVENTTARGET" => $target,
+        "__EVENTARGUMENT" => $argument,
+        "__VIEWSTATE" => $state
+    };
+
+    return do_post($args);
+}
+
+# Post to the planning search page
+sub do_post
+{
+    my $response = $UA->post($SearchURL, @_);
+
+    die $response->status_line unless $response->is_success;
+
+    return HTML::TreeBuilder->new_from_content($response->content);
+}