def get_meta(s):
soup = bs4.BeautifulSoup(s, 'lxml')
meta = {}
case = soup.find(class_=u'case')
meta['case'] = case.text
parties = [x for x in case.children]
separator = u" v "
split = -1
for i, party in enumerate(parties):
if isinstance(party, bs4.Tag) and party.text == separator:
split = i
left_parties = [unicode(x) for x in parties[:split]]
right_parties = [unicode(x) for x in parties[split+1:]]
meta['parties'] = {
'left': left_parties,
'right': right_parties,
}
meta['keywords'] = {}
keywords = soup.find_all(class_=u'kw')
for kw in keywords:
words = kw.text.split(_EM_DASH)
category = words[0].strip()
others = words[1:]
meta['keywords'][category] = [s.strip() for s in others]
citations = soup.find_all(class_=u'ncit')
if not len(citations) == 1:
raise Exception(u'Could not parse any citations for this document')
citation = citations[0]
citations = [c.strip() for c in citation.text.split(";")]
pattern = r"^\[\d\d\d\d\]\sWLR\s\(D\)"
if not len(citations) > 0 and not re.match(pattern, citations[-1], re.UNICODE):
raise Exception(u'Unable to parse citation for this document')
else:
neutral = citations[:-1] # Can be more than one
iclr = citations[-1] # Only ever one for iclr publications
meta['cite_as'] = {
'neutral': neutral,
'iclr': iclr,
}
judges_and_date = citation.find_next_sibling('p').text
# Fields look reliably separated by newlines
fields = [f.strip() for f in judges_and_date.split('\n')]
# Colons carry no meaning and are commonly-mispelled twice
fields = [f[:-2] if f.endswith(u'::') else f for f in fields]
fields = [f[:-1] if f.endswith(u':') else f for f in fields]
if not len(fields) == 3:
raise Exception('Could not parse hearing details')
court_abbr, judges, date = fields
judges = [j.strip() for j in judges.split(',')]
meta['hearing'] = {
'court_abbr': court_abbr,
'judges': judges,
'date': _date_to_js(_parse_date(date)),
}
# TODO: Reporter
reporter_el = soup.find(class_=u'reporter')
if reporter_el:
reporter_str = reporter_el.text
prefix = u'Reported by:'
if reporter_str.startswith(prefix):
reporter_str = reporter_str[len(prefix):]
if reporter_str.endswith('.'):
reporter_str = reporter_str[:-1]
else:
reporter_str = None
def map_reporter(reporter):
# Sometimes only the name is given
reporter_fields = [f.strip() for f in reporter.split(',')]
return {
'name': reporter_fields[0] if len(reporter_fields) > 0 else None,
'role': reporter_fields[1] if len(reporter_fields) > 1 else None,
}
if reporter_str is not None:
reporters = [s.strip() for s in reporter_str.split('and')]
reporters = map(map_reporter, reporters)
else:
reporters = []
meta['reporters'] = reporters
# TODO: Appearances in court, these need proper parsing. They are tricky!
appearances = soup.find_all(class_='hnote')[-1].find_next_sibling('p').text
prefix = u'Appearances:'
if not appearances.startswith(prefix):
appearances = ''
else:
appearances = appearances[len(prefix):].strip()
meta['appearances'] = appearances
# TODO: Body of report
paras = soup.find_all(class_=u'hnote')
body = u'\n\n'.join(p.text for p in paras)
meta['body'] = body
# TODO: Cited cases/legislation
# TODO: Check len(citations) == len(candidates)
# A common inconsistency is a reference to an act in square
# brackets, like this: "Under the [2004] Act". Normally square
# brackets indicate a citation of case-law.
tokenized = tokenization.tokenize(body)
tokenized_titles = ttls.find_titles(tokenized)
citations = ctns.find_citations(body)
candidate_citations = ctns.weak_find_citations(body)
legislation = lgs.find_legislation(tokenized_titles, body)
candidate_legislation = lgs.find_candidate_legislation(body)
meta['citations'] = list(set(citations))
meta['candidate_citations'] = candidate_citations
meta['legislation'] = list(set(legislation))
meta['candidate_legislation'] = candidate_legislation
# TODO: Which party won?
return meta
def test_find_citations(text, expected):
actual = ctns.find_citations(text)
assert expected == actual