Viaducts.fetch_viaduct_codes¶
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Viaducts.
fetch_viaduct_codes
(update=False, pickle_it=False, data_dir=None, verbose=False)[source]¶ Fetch data of railway viaducts from local backup.
- Parameters
update (bool) – whether to check on update and proceed to update the package data, defaults to
False
pickle_it (bool) – whether to replace the current package data with newly collected data, defaults to
False
data_dir (str, None) – name of package data folder, defaults to
None
verbose (bool) – whether to print relevant information in console as the function runs, defaults to
False
- Returns
railway viaducts data and date of when the data was last updated
- Return type
dict
Example:
>>> from pyrcs.other_assets import Viaducts >>> vdct = Viaducts() >>> # viaducts_codes = vdct.fetch_viaduct_codes(update=True, verbose=True) >>> viaducts_codes = vdct.fetch_viaduct_codes() >>> type(viaducts_codes) dict >>> list(viaducts_codes.keys()) ['Viaducts', 'Last updated date'] >>> viaducts_dat = viaducts_codes['Viaducts'] >>> type(viaducts_dat) dict >>> list(viaducts_dat.keys()) ['Page 1 (A-C)', 'Page 2 (D-G)', 'Page 3 (H-K)', 'Page 4 (L-P)', 'Page 5 (Q-S)', 'Page 6 (T-Z)'] >>> viaducts_dat_6 = viaducts_dat['Page 6 (T-Z)'] >>> print(viaducts_dat_6.head()) Name ... Spans 0 Taff ... 1 Taff ... 2 Taff River ... 3 Taffs Well ... 4 Tame ... 4 [5 rows x 7 columns]