@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import string import urlparse import time import datetime +import csv def latest_news(): """ @@ -223,6 +224,46 @@ def cmte_filings(cmte): make_rss_20(intro, 'Committee finance reports.', data, 'latest_cmte_filings.xml') +def latest_electioneering_filings(): + """ + Returns a list of the most recent electioneering communications filings + with the FEC by processing a CSV file on ftp.fec.gov and printing the 10 + most recent filings out as RSS 2.0. + + Uses a slightly altered version of the MONTHS_3 format used by Django to parse dates from FEC file. + """ + try: + url = "ftp://ftp.fec.gov/FEC/electioneering.csv" + ec = urllib.urlopen(url) + reader = csv.DictReader(ec) + reader.next() + except IOError: + print "Network Error: File cannot be accessed." + raise SystemExit + + # dictionary mapping three-letter months to Python month numbers for use in building Python dates + MONTHS_3 = { 'JAN': 1, 'FEB': 2, 'MAR': 3, 'APR': 4, 'MAY': 5, 'JUN': 6, 'JUL': 7, 'AUG':8, 'SEP':9, 'OCT':10, 'NOV':11, 'DEC':12} + + base_url = 'http://images.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/fecimg/?_' + data = [] + for row in reader: + d = row[' RECEIPT_DT'].strip().split('-') + d[1] = str(MONTHS_3[d[1]]) + date_date = time.strptime("-".join(d), '%d-%m-%y') + if row[' PUBLIC_DISTRIBUTION_DT '] == '': + dd = d + else: + dd = row[' PUBLIC_DISTRIBUTION_DT '].strip().split('-') + dd[1] = str(MONTHS_3[dd[1]]) + dist_date = time.strftime("%b %d, %Y", time.strptime("-".join(dd), '%d-%m-%y')) # the date the ad(s) aired. + pubDate = time.strftime('%a, %d %b %Y 00:00:00 GMT', date_date) # the filing date + record = (row[' FILER_NAME '], base_url+row[' BEGIN_IMAGE_NUM ']+'+0', "Amount Spent: $"+ row[' TOTAL_DISBURSEMENTS_THIS_STMT '] + " first airing on "+ dist_date, pubDate) + data.append(record) + data = data[:10] # limits feed to 10 most recent. + intro = "Latest Electioneering Communications filings" + make_rss_20(intro, 'Electioneering communications', data, 'elect_comm.xml') + + def cand_summary_by_state(year, state): """ Partially working function to return summary fec.py 8cbb117f8006464981adad81345b8dbc926853b8 Derek Willis dwillis@Derek-Willis-Laptop.home http://github.com/dwillis/fec-utilities/commit/cf4bd065f4ba678b8312df48b8785dac11495d0c cf4bd065f4ba678b8312df48b8785dac11495d0c 2008-06-22T19:33:24-07:00 2008-06-22T19:33:24-07:00 added latest electioneering communications feed generator 01e22bf97d1848d32846ffbe0a06f02dcb33746e Derek Willis dwillis@Derek-Willis-Laptop.home