Add script to parse ModernGov XML API election results data

Gemfile

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ gem 'rack-flash3'
 
 group :development do
   gem 'shotgun'
+  gem 'nokogiri'
 end
 
 group :production do

Gemfile.lock

@@ -61,8 +61,11 @@ GEM
     json (1.8.6)
     json_pure (1.8.6)
     kgio (2.11.2)
+    mini_portile2 (2.3.0)
     multi_json (1.13.1)
     mustermann (1.0.2)
+    nokogiri (1.8.2)
+      mini_portile2 (~> 2.3.0)
     pg (1.0.0)
     public_suffix (3.0.2)
     rack (2.0.4)
@@ -93,6 +96,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   data_mapper
   dm-postgres-adapter
   haml
+  nokogiri
   pg
   rack-flash3
   shotgun

scripts/moderngovparser.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Convert ModernGov XML file to CSV
+# eg https://moderngov.sutton.gov.uk/mgWebService.asmx/GetElectionResults?lElectionId=15
+# The full API docs are at: https://moderngov.sutton.gov.uk/mgWebService.asmx
+
+require 'nokogiri'
+require 'csv'
+require 'pp'
+
+doc = File.open(ARGV.shift) { |f| Nokogiri::XML(f) }
+
+csv_string = CSV.generate do |csv|
+  doc.search('candidates candidate').each do |cand|
+    row = []
+    row << cand.at('areatitle').inner_text
+    row << cand.at('candidatename').inner_text
+    row << cand.at('politicalpartytitle').inner_text
+    row << cand.at('numvotes').inner_text.to_i
+    row << cand.at('iselected').inner_text
+    csv << row
+  end
+end
+
+puts csv_string