def scrape(self, chamber, session):
bill_search_url = 'http://www.camaraderepresentantes.org/cr_buscar.asp'
bill_types = {'Project':'P', 'Resolution':'R', \
'Joint Resolution':'RC', \
'Concurrent Resolution':'RK', \
'Appointment':'N'}
#bodies = {'upper':'S', 'lower':'C'}
bodies = {'upper':'S'}
bill_search_page = lxml.html.parse(bill_search_url).getroot()
search_form = bill_search_page.forms[0]
for body in bodies.itervalues():
for bill_type in bill_types.itervalues():
search_form.fields['cuerpo'] = body
search_form.fields['tipo'] = bill_type
search_form.fields['autor'] = 'NA'
if year_from_session(session) == '2009':
search_form.fields['f2'] = '12/31/2009'
elif year_from_session(session) == '2010':
search_form.fields['f1'] = '01/01/2010'
result = lxml.html.parse(lxml.html.submit_form(search_form)).getroot()
table_elements = result.cssselect('table')
table_elements.pop()
bill_elements = grouper(3, table_elements)
for actions, complete_data, bill_data in bill_elements:
td_elements = bill_data.cssselect('td')
title = td_elements[1].text_content()
date = td_elements[3].text_content()
description = td_elements[5].text_content()
authors = td_elements[7].text_content().split('/')
bill = Bill(session, chamber, title, description)
for author in authors:
if len(authors) == 1:
bill.add_sponsor('primary', author)
else:
bill.add_sponsor('cosponsor', author)
td_elements = actions.cssselect('td')
td_elements = td_elements[4:-1]
action_elements = grouper(3, td_elements)
for date_element, action, empty in action_elements:
# Clean unicode character
date_text = date_element.text_content().replace(u'\xa0',u'')
date = dt.datetime.strptime(date_text, '%m/%d/%Y')
action_text = action.text_content()
try:
doc_link_part = action.iterlinks().next()[2]
if 'voto' in doc_link_part:
raise
doc_link = doc_link_url(doc_link_part)
bill.add_version((action_text, doc_link))
except:
pass
bill.add_action(chamber, action_text, date)
