def run_scraper(self):
# define agents
na = Agent.query.filter(Agent.name == "National Assembly").first()
ncop = Agent.query.filter(
Agent.name == "National Council Of Provinces").first()
while True:
for (j, (date, title,
href_hansard)) in enumerate(self.next_hansard):
logger.debug("\t\t" + str(date) + " - " + title)
tmp_url = href_hansard
html = scrapertools.URLFetcher(tmp_url, self.session).html
soup = BeautifulSoup(
html, convertEntities=BeautifulSoup.HTML_ENTITIES)
content = soup.find(id="content")
# find bills that are mentioned in the text
bills = scrapertools.find_bills(str(content))
# only save hansards that are related to bills
if bills:
# infer location from title, where appropriate
location = None
agent = None
if title.startswith("NA:"):
location = 1
agent = na
elif title.startswith("NCOP:"):
location = 2
agent = ncop
self.current_hansard = {
"bills": bills,
"url": tmp_url,
"date": date,
"title": title,
"location": location
}
if agent:
self.current_hansard['agent'] = agent
try:
self.add_or_update()
except Exception:
msg = "Could not add hansard to database: "
if self.current_hansard.get("title"):
msg += self.current_hansard["title"]
self.stats["errors"].append(msg)
logger.error(msg)
self.current_hansard = {}
# save hansards to database, once per scraped page
db.session.commit()
logger.debug(json.dumps(self.stats, indent=4))
# test whether we have reached the end
if not self.next_page:
break
return
def run_scraper(self):
# define agents
na = Agent.query.filter(Agent.name == "National Assembly").first()
ncop = Agent.query.filter(Agent.name == "National Council Of Provinces").first()
while True:
for (j, (date, title, href_hansard)) in enumerate(self.next_hansard):
logger.debug("\t\t" + str(date) + " - " + title)
tmp_url = href_hansard
html = scrapertools.URLFetcher(tmp_url, self.session).html
soup = BeautifulSoup(html, convertEntities=BeautifulSoup.HTML_ENTITIES)
content = soup.find(id="content")
# find bills that are mentioned in the text
bills = scrapertools.find_bills(str(content))
# only save hansards that are related to bills
if bills:
# infer location from title, where appropriate
location = None
agent = None
if title.startswith("NA:"):
location = 1
agent = na
elif title.startswith("NCOP:"):
location = 2
agent = ncop
self.current_hansard = {
"bills": bills,
"url": tmp_url,
"date": date,
"title": title,
"location": location
}
if agent:
self.current_hansard['agent'] = agent
try:
self.add_or_update()
except Exception:
msg = "Could not add hansard to database: "
if self.current_hansard.get("title"):
msg += self.current_hansard["title"]
self.stats["errors"].append(msg)
logger.error(msg)
self.current_hansard = {}
# save hansards to database, once per scraped page
db.session.commit()
logger.debug(json.dumps(self.stats, indent=4))
# test whether we have reached the end
if not self.next_page:
break
return
def scrape_committee(self):
"""
Scrape all meeting reports for a particular committee.
"""
for (j, (date, title, href_report)) in enumerate(self.next_report):
logger.debug("\t\t" + str(date) + " - " +
(title[0:45]) if len(title) > 45 else title)
tmp_url = href_report
html = scrapertools.URLFetcher(tmp_url, self.session).html
soup = BeautifulSoup(html)
content = soup.find(id="content")
bills = scrapertools.find_bills(str(content))
# only save report entries that can be tagged to bills
if bills:
self.current_report = {
"entry_type": "committee-meeting",
"bills": bills,
"url": tmp_url,
"date": date,
"title": title,
"agent": self.current_committee,
}
# report URL may have changed after editing on pmg.org.za, check for this
possible_duplicates = Entry.query.filter(Entry.agent == self.current_committee)\
.filter(Entry.url != None)\
.filter(Entry.url != tmp_url)\
.filter(Entry.type == "committee-meeting")\
.filter(Entry.is_deleted == False)\
.filter(Entry.date == date)\
.order_by(Entry.entry_id).all()
deletion_flag = False
if possible_duplicates:
logger.debug(
str(len(possible_duplicates)) +
" possible duplicates found")
for possible_duplicate in possible_duplicates:
redirect_url = scrapertools.URLFetcher(
possible_duplicate.url,
self.session).follow_redirect()
if possible_duplicate.url != redirect_url:
logger.debug('redirect encountered')
if redirect_url == tmp_url:
logger.info("Updating entry URL")
# update the existing record's URL
possible_duplicate.url = tmp_url
# # delete all but one entry, if there are multiple duplicates
# if deletion_flag:
# logger.info('duplicate entry deleted')
# possible_duplicate.is_deleted = True
db.session.add(possible_duplicate)
db.session.commit()
deletion_flag = True
if self.current_committee.location:
self.current_report[
"location"] = self.current_committee.location
try:
self.add_or_update()
except Exception, e:
msg = "Could not add committee report to database: "
if self.current_report.get("title"):
msg += self.current_report["title"]
self.stats["errors"].append(msg)
logger.error(msg)
logger.exception(str(e))
self.current_report = {}
else:
logger.debug('no bills found in committee meeting report')
def scrape_committee(self):
"""
Scrape all meeting reports for a particular committee.
"""
for (j, (date, title, href_report)) in enumerate(self.next_report):
logger.debug("\t\t" + str(date) + " - " + (title[0:45]) if len(title) > 45 else title)
tmp_url = href_report
html = scrapertools.URLFetcher(tmp_url, self.session).html
soup = BeautifulSoup(html)
content = soup.find(id="content")
bills = scrapertools.find_bills(str(content))
# only save report entries that can be tagged to bills
if bills:
self.current_report = {
"entry_type": "committee-meeting",
"bills": bills,
"url": tmp_url,
"date": date,
"title": title,
"agent": self.current_committee,
}
# report URL may have changed after editing on pmg.org.za, check for this
possible_duplicates = Entry.query.filter(Entry.agent == self.current_committee)\
.filter(Entry.url != None)\
.filter(Entry.url != tmp_url)\
.filter(Entry.type == "committee-meeting")\
.filter(Entry.is_deleted == False)\
.filter(Entry.date == date)\
.order_by(Entry.entry_id).all()
deletion_flag = False
if possible_duplicates:
logger.debug(str(len(possible_duplicates)) + " possible duplicates found")
for possible_duplicate in possible_duplicates:
redirect_url = scrapertools.URLFetcher(possible_duplicate.url, self.session).follow_redirect()
if possible_duplicate.url != redirect_url:
logger.debug('redirect encountered')
if redirect_url == tmp_url:
logger.info("Updating entry URL")
# update the existing record's URL
possible_duplicate.url = tmp_url
# # delete all but one entry, if there are multiple duplicates
# if deletion_flag:
# logger.info('duplicate entry deleted')
# possible_duplicate.is_deleted = True
db.session.add(possible_duplicate)
db.session.commit()
deletion_flag = True
if self.current_committee.location:
self.current_report["location"] = self.current_committee.location
try:
self.add_or_update()
except Exception, e:
msg = "Could not add committee report to database: "
if self.current_report.get("title"):
msg += self.current_report["title"]
self.stats["errors"].append(msg)
logger.error(msg)
logger.exception(str(e))
self.current_report = {}
else:
logger.debug('no bills found in committee meeting report')
