def _get_kindcode_and_startpage(country, patnum, kindcode, target_folder):
"""
Get kindcode and startpage of a given patent.
Iterates through a list of possible kindcodes; for every kindocde, the
first page of the patent document is tried to be retrieved. A successful download
gives us the correct kindcode, for which the start page of the description is then retrieved.
- country: Country code
- patnum: Patent number
- kindocde: Kindcode (e.g. "A1", "B", ...)
- target_folder: Folder that the first page is downloaded to
"""
startpage = None
possible_kindcodes = []
if kindcode: possible_kindcodes = [kindcode]
possible_kindcodes += ['A1', 'A2', 'A3', 'A4', 'B1']
print possible_kindcodes
for code in possible_kindcodes:
try:
kindcode = download.get_pdf_page(country, patnum, code, 1, target_folder)
if kindcode:
meta = download.get_meta_data(country, patnum, 'DESCRIPTION', kindcode, skip=True)
print meta
if meta:
startpage = meta['DESCRIPTION']
break
except:
e = "Unexpected error:", sys.exc_info()[0]
continue
print kindcode, startpage
return kindcode, startpage
def download_searchreports(filename):
""" Parses the input file (please refer to documentation for valid input
format) and tries to retrieve the search report for every patent found.
"""
error_file = open(config.searchreport_dir + "searchreports_not_downloadable.log", "a")
whitelist = []
try:
lines = open(filename).readlines()
except IOError:
print "Input file " + filename + " could not be opened."
return
for line in lines:
if not line:
continue
document = line.replace('\n', '').replace(';', ',').split(',')
try:
wl = document[1].replace('-', '.').split('.')
wl = wl[0] + '.' + wl[1]
if wl and wl not in whitelist:
whitelist.append(wl)
except:
pass
document = document[0].replace('-', '.').split('.')
country, patnum = document[0], document[1]
name = country + "." + patnum
print "Downloading search report for " + name
# Has the search report already been downloaded?
pdfs = glob.glob(config.searchreport_dir + name + "*.pdf")
if not any(pdfs):
meta = download.get_meta_data(country, patnum)
if meta:
download.get_searchreport_pdf(meta, config.searchreport_dir + name)
else:
error_file.write(name + "\n")
open('whitelist.txt', 'w').writelines('\n'.join(whitelist))
