LineNames.collect_codes

LineNames.collect_codes(confirmation_required=True, verbose=False)

Collect data of railway line names from source web page.

Parameters

• confirmation_required (bool) – whether to confirm before proceeding, defaults to True

• verbose (bool or int) – whether to print relevant information in console, defaults to False

Returns

railway line names and routes data and date of when the data was last updated

Return type

dict or None

Examples:

>>> from pyrcs.line_data import LineNames  # from pyrcs import LineNames

>>> ln = LineNames()

>>> line_names_codes = ln.collect_codes()
To collect British railway line names
? [No]|Yes: yes
>>> type(line_names_codes)
dict
>>> list(line_names_codes.keys())
['Line names', 'Last updated date']

>>> ln.KEY
'Line names'

>>> line_names_codes_dat = line_names_codes[ln.KEY]
>>> type(line_names_codes_dat)
pandas.core.frame.DataFrame
>>> line_names_codes_dat.head()
             Line name  ... Route_note
0           Abbey Line  ...       None
1        Airedale Line  ...       None
2          Argyle Line  ...       None
3     Arun Valley Line  ...       None
4  Atlantic Coast Line  ...       None
[5 rows x 3 columns]