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Parameterize scraping #3

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rchekaluk opened this issue Sep 3, 2013 · 5 comments
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Parameterize scraping #3

rchekaluk opened this issue Sep 3, 2013 · 5 comments

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The current scraper hardcodes pa-philadelphia; this scraper should be parameterized so we can scrape different local governments by providing alternate command line arguments.
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Or, simply rename the existing import.py to pa-philadelphia.py to note that the script only scrapes Philadelphia data.

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Are we not planning a ca-san-jose legistar scraper?

derekeder added a commit that referenced this issue Sep 5, 2013
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added settings.py.example for specifying municipalities (#3) and mong…
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…o db connection (closes #2)
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I added a settings file so we can specify multiple municipalities. Take a look at https://github.com/opengovernment/legistar-scrape/blob/master/settings.py.example

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Is there a plan for a ca-san-jose legistar scraper?

derekeder added a commit that referenced this issue Sep 12, 2013
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encoding person name print statement, relates to #3
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@rchekaluk unsure on ca-san-jose status. thoughts, @davidmooreppf?

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