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.gitignore

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+# Ignore output of scraper
+data.sqlite

README.textile

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+Haringey Wards 2

scraper.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import json
+
+import requests
+import scraperwiki.sqlite as db
+
+PARENT_ID = 2511# London Borough of Haringey
+
+
+
+def iter_children_areas_kml(parent_id):
+    children = getjs('http://mapit.mysociety.org/area/%s/children' % parent_id)
+    for id, data in children.items():
+        kml = requests.get('http://mapit.mysociety.org/area/%s.kml' % id).content
+        entry = {'parent_area': int(data['parent_area']),
+                 'id': int(id),
+                 'name': data['name'],
+                 'kml': kml}
+        yield entry
+
+
+def getjs(url, **opts):
+    return json.loads(requests.get(url, **opts).content)
+
+
+#
+# Main
+#
+data = list(iter_children_areas_kml(PARENT_ID))
+db.save(['id'], data, verbose=0)