__auth__ = None
import re
date_format = "%d/%m/%Y"
def xmlQuote(text):
# Change &s to &s
# I suspect there is probably some standard python
# function I should be using for this...
return text.replace('&', '&')
def fixNewlines(text):
# This can be used to sort out windows newlines
return text.replace("\r\n","\n")
# So what can a postcode look like then?
# This list of formats comes from http://www.mailsorttechnical.com/frequentlyaskedquestions.cfm
#AN NAA M1 1AA
#ANN NAA M60 1NW
#AAN NAA CR2 6XH
#AANN NAA DN55 1PT
#ANA NAA W1A 1HP
#AANA NAA EC1A 1BB
postcode_regex = re.compile("[A-Z][A-Z]?\d(\d|[A-Z])? ?\d[A-Z][A-Z]")
def getPostcodeFromText(text):
"""This function takes a piece of text and returns the first
bit of it that looks like a postcode."""
postcode_match = postcode_regex.search(text)
if postcode_match is not None:
return postcode_match.group()
class PlanningAuthorityResults:
"""This class represents a set of results of a planning search.
This should probably be separated out so that it can be used for
authorities other than Cherwell.
"""
def __init__(self, authority_name, authority_short_name):
self.authority_name = authority_name
self.authority_short_name = authority_short_name
# this will be a list of PlanningApplication objects
self.planning_applications = []
def addApplication(self, application):
self.planning_applications.append(application)
def __repr__(self):
return self.displayXML()
def displayXML(self):
"""This should display the contents of this object in the planningalerts format.
i.e. in the same format as this one:
http://www.planningalerts.com/lambeth.xml
"""
applications_bit = "".join([x.displayXML() for x in self.planning_applications])
return "\n" +\
"%s\n" %self.authority_name +\
"%s\n" %self.authority_short_name +\
"\n" + applications_bit +\
"\n" +\
"\n"
class PlanningApplication:
def __init__(self, no_postcode_default='No postcode'):
self.council_reference = None
self.address = None
self.postcode = no_postcode_default
self.description = None
self.info_url = None
self.comment_url = None
# expecting this as a datetime.date object
self.date_received = None
def __repr__(self):
return self.displayXML()
def displayXML(self):
print self.council_reference, self.address, self.postcode, self.description, self.info_url, self.comment_url, self.date_received
return "\n" +\
"%s\n" %xmlQuote(self.council_reference) +\
"%s\n" %xmlQuote(self.address) +\
"%s\n" %self.postcode +\
"%s\n" %xmlQuote(self.description) +\
"%s\n" %xmlQuote(self.info_url) +\
"%s\n" %xmlQuote(self.comment_url) +\
"%s\n" %self.date_received.strftime(date_format) +\
"\n"