get_last_updated_date
- pyrcs.parser.get_last_updated_date(url, parsed=True, as_date_type=False, verbose=False)
Get last update date.
- Parameters
url (str) – URL link of a requested web page
parsed (bool) – whether to reformat the date, defaults to
True
as_date_type (bool) – whether to return the date as datetime.date, defaults to
False
verbose (bool or int) – whether to print relevant information in console, defaults to
False
- Returns
date of when the specified web page was last updated
- Return type
str or datetime.date or None
Examples:
>>> from pyrcs.parser import get_last_updated_date >>> url_a = 'http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/crs/CRSa.shtm' >>> last_upd_date = get_last_updated_date(url_a, parsed=True, as_date_type=False) >>> type(last_upd_date) str >>> last_upd_date = get_last_updated_date(url_a, parsed=True, as_date_type=True) >>> type(last_upd_date) datetime.date >>> ldm_url = 'http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/linedatamenu.shtm' >>> last_upd_date = get_last_updated_date(url=ldm_url) >>> print(last_upd_date) None