Viaducts

class viaduct.Viaducts(data_dir=None, update=False, verbose=True)[source]

A class for collecting railway viaducts.

Parameters

  • data_dir (str, None) – name of data directory, defaults to None

  • update (bool) – whether to check on update and proceed to update the package data, defaults to False

  • verbose (bool or int) – whether to print relevant information in console as the function runs, defaults to True

Variables

  • Name (str) – name of the data

  • Key (str) – key of the dict-type data

  • HomeURL (str) – URL of the main homepage

  • SourceURL (str) – URL of the data web page

  • LUDKey (str) – key of the last updated date

  • LUD (str) – last updated date

  • Catalogue (dict) – catalogue of the data

  • DataDir (str) – path to the data directory

  • CurrentDataDir (str) – path to the current data directory

  • P1Key (str) – key of the dict-type data of Page 1

  • P2Key (str) – key of the dict-type data of Page 2

  • P3Key (str) – key of the dict-type data of Page 3

  • P4Key (str) – key of the dict-type data of Page 4

  • P5Key (str) – key of the dict-type data of Page 5

  • P6Key (str) – key of the dict-type data of Page 6

Example:

>>> from pyrcs.other_assets import Viaducts

>>> vdct = Viaducts()

>>> print(vdct.Name)
Railway viaducts

>>> print(vdct.SourceURL)
http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/viaducts/viaducts0.shtm

Methods

collect_viaduct_codes_by_page(page_no[, …])

Collect data of railway viaducts for a given page number from source web page.

fetch_viaduct_codes([update, pickle_it, …])

Fetch data of railway viaducts from local backup.