import urllib2
import HTMLParser
import urlparse
import datetime
from PlanningUtils import getPostcodeFromText, PlanningAuthorityResults, PlanningApplication
# example url
# http://www.planning.cravendc.gov.uk/fastweb/results.asp?Scroll=1&DateReceivedStart=1%2F1%2F2007&DateReceivedEnd=1%2F7%2F2007
search_form_url_end = "results.asp?Scroll=%(scroll)d&DateReceivedStart=%(day)d%%2F%(month)d%%2F%(year)d&DateReceivedEnd=%(day)d%%2F%(month)d%%2F%(year)d"
# for testing paging
#search_form_url_end = "results.asp?Scroll=%(scroll)d&DateReceivedStart=10%%2F7%%2F2007&DateReceivedEnd=%(day)d%%2F%(month)d%%2F%(year)d"
comment_url_end = "comment.asp?AltRef=%s"
info_url_end = "detail.asp?AltRef=%s"
class FastWeb:
def __init__(self,
authority_name,
authority_short_name,
base_url,
debug=False):
self.authority_name = authority_name
self.authority_short_name = authority_short_name
self.base_url = base_url
self.debug = debug
# The object which stores our set of planning application results
self._results = PlanningAuthorityResults(self.authority_name, self.authority_short_name)
def getResultsByDayMonthYear(self, day, month, year):
requested_date = datetime.date(year, month, day)
# What we should do:
#1) Work out if the page we get back is a results page or the search page again. The search page indicates no results for this day.
# Assuming we have a results page:
#2) Get the total number of results out of it. We can use this to work out how many times we need to request the page, and with what scroll numbers
#3) Iterate over scroll numbers.
scroll = 0
first_time = True
number_of_results = 0
while first_time or scroll * 20 < number_of_results:
scroll += 1
this_search_url = search_form_url_end %{"scroll":scroll, "day":day, "month":month, "year":year}
url = urlparse.urljoin(self.base_url, this_search_url)
response = urllib2.urlopen(url)
contents = response.read()
if first_time:
# We can now use the returned URL to tell us if there were no results.
returned_url = response.geturl()
# example URL of no results page
# http://www.planning.cravendc.gov.uk/fastweb/search.asp?Results=none&
if returned_url.count("search.asp"):
# We got back the search page, there were no results for this date
break
results_page_parser = FastWebResultsPageParser(self._results, requested_date, self.base_url)
results_page_parser.feed(contents)
if first_time:
number_of_results += results_page_parser.number_of_results
first_time = False
return self._results
def getResults(self, day, month, year):
return self.getResultsByDayMonthYear(int(day), int(month), int(year)).displayXML()
# States
STARTING = 1
GOT_RESULTS_COUNT = 2
IN_RESULTS_TABLE = 3
IN_RESULTS_TABLE_TD = 4
IN_INNER_TABLE = 5
FINISHED = -1
class FastWebResultsPageParser(HTMLParser.HTMLParser):
def __init__(self, results, requested_date, base_url):
self.results = results
self.requested_date = requested_date
self.base_url = base_url
HTMLParser.HTMLParser.__init__(self)
# We'll use this to store the number of results returned for this search
self.number_of_results = None
self._state = STARTING
self._td_count = None
self._data_list = []
# This will store the planning application we are currently working on.
self._current_application = None
def get_data(self, flush=True):
data = " ".join(self._data_list)
if flush:
self.flush_data()
return data
def flush_data(self):
self._data_list = []
def handle_starttag(self, tag, attrs):
if self._state == STARTING and tag == "input":
self._state = GOT_RESULTS_COUNT
# This is where the number of results returned is stored
attr_dict = {}
for attr_name, attr_value in attrs:
attr_dict[attr_name] = attr_value
if attr_dict.get("id") == "RecCount":
self.number_of_results = int(attr_dict.get("value"))
elif self._state == GOT_RESULTS_COUNT and tag == "table":
self._state = IN_RESULTS_TABLE
elif self._state == IN_RESULTS_TABLE and tag == "td":
self._state = IN_RESULTS_TABLE_TD
elif self._state == IN_RESULTS_TABLE_TD and tag == "table":
self._state = IN_INNER_TABLE
self._td_count = 0
self._current_application = PlanningApplication()
self._current_application.date_received = self.requested_date
elif self._state == IN_INNER_TABLE and tag == "td":
self._td_count += 1
self.flush_data()
def handle_endtag(self, tag):
if self._state == IN_INNER_TABLE and tag == "table":
# The next if should never be false, but it pays to be careful :-)
if self._current_application.council_reference is not None:
self.results.addApplication(self._current_application)
self._state = IN_RESULTS_TABLE_TD
elif self._state == IN_RESULTS_TABLE_TD and tag == "td":
self._state = FINISHED
elif self._state == IN_INNER_TABLE and tag == "td":
if self._td_count == 2:
# This data is the App No.
council_reference = self.get_data().strip()
self._current_application.council_reference = council_reference
# This also gives us everything we need for the info and comment urls
self._current_application.info_url = urlparse.urljoin(self.base_url, info_url_end %(council_reference))
self._current_application.comment_url = urlparse.urljoin(self.base_url, comment_url_end %(council_reference))
elif self._td_count == 4:
# This data is the address
self._current_application.address = self.get_data().strip()
self._current_application.postcode = getPostcodeFromText(self._current_application.address)
elif self._td_count == 7:
# This data is the description
self._current_application.description = self.get_data().strip()
def handle_data(self, data):
self._data_list.append(data)
# for debug purposes
#cravenparser = FastWeb("Craven District Council", "Craven", "http://www.planning.cravendc.gov.uk/fastweb/")
#eastleighparser = FastWeb("EastLeigh Borough Council", "Eastleigh", "http://www.eastleigh.gov.uk/FastWEB/")
#suttonparser = FastWeb("Sutton", "Sutton", "http://82.43.4.135/FASTWEB/")
#suttonparser = FastWeb("Sutton", "Sutton", "http://213.122.180.105/FASTWEB/")
#print eastleighparser.getResults(10,8,2007)
#print cravenparser.getResults(25,12,2006)
#print suttonparser.getResults(1,8,2008)
#south_lakeland_parser = FastWeb("South Lakeland", "South Lakeland", "http://www.southlakeland.gov.uk/fastweb/")
#print south_lakeland_parser.getResults(27,11,2006)