utils¶

Utilities - Helper functions.

Source homepage¶

Specify the homepage URL of the data source.

cd_dat(*sub_dir[, dat_dir, mkdir])

Change directory to dat_dir/ and sub-directories within a package.

`mile_chain_to_nr_mileage`(miles_chains)	Convert mileage data in the form ‘<miles>.<chains>’ to Network Rail mileage.
`nr_mileage_to_mile_chain`(str_mileage)	Convert Network Rail mileage to the form ‘<miles>.<chains>’.
`nr_mileage_str_to_num`(str_mileage)	Convert string-type Network Rail mileage to numerical-type one.
`nr_mileage_num_to_str`(num_mileage)	Convert numerical-type Network Rail mileage to string-type one.
`nr_mileage_to_yards`(nr_mileage)	Convert Network Rail mileages to yards.
`yards_to_nr_mileage`(yards)	Convert yards to Network Rail mileages.
`shift_num_nr_mileage`(nr_mileage, shift_yards)	Shift Network Rail mileage by given yards.
`year_to_financial_year`(date)	Convert calendar year of a given date to Network Rail financial year.

`parse_tr`(header, trs)	Parse a list of parsed HTML <tr> elements.
`parse_table`(source[, parser])	Parse HTML <tr> elements for creating a data frame.
`parse_location_name`(location_name)	Parse location name (and its associated note).
`parse_date`(str_date[, as_date_type])	Parse a date.

`fake_requests_headers`([randomized])	Make a fake HTTP headers for requests.get.
`get_last_updated_date`(url[, parsed, …])	Get last update date.
`get_catalogue`(page_url[, update, …])	Get the catalogue for a class.
`get_category_menu`(menu_url[, update, …])	Get a menu of the available classes.
`get_station_data_catalogue`(source_url, …)	Get catalogue of railway station data.
`get_track_diagrams_items`(source_url, source_key)	Get catalogue of track diagrams.

`fetch_location_names_repl_dict`([k, regex, …])	Create a dictionary for rectifying location names.
`update_location_name_repl_dict`(new_items, regex)	Update the location-name replacement dictionary in the package data.

Fix ‘STANOX’ if it is loaded as numbers.

Check if a string-type variable can express a float-type value.