Depots.fetch_gwr_codes
- Depots.fetch_gwr_codes(update=False, dump_dir=None, verbose=False)
Fetch data of Great Western Railway (GWR) depot codes.
- Parameters
update (bool) – whether to do an update check (for the package data), defaults to
False
dump_dir (str or None) – pathname of a directory where the data file is dumped, defaults to
None
verbose (bool or int) – whether to print relevant information in console, defaults to
False
- Returns
data of GWR depot codes and date of when the data was last updated
- Return type
dict
Examples:
>>> from pyrcs.other_assets import Depots # from pyrcs import Depots >>> depots = Depots() >>> gwr_codes = depots.fetch_gwr_codes() >>> type(gwr_codes) dict >>> list(gwr_codes.keys()) ['GWR codes', 'Last updated date'] >>> depots.KEY_TO_GWR 'GWR codes' >>> gwr_codes_dat = gwr_codes[depots.KEY_TO_GWR] >>> type(gwr_codes_dat) dict >>> list(gwr_codes_dat.keys()) ['Alphabetical codes', 'Numerical codes'] >>> gwr_alpha_codes = gwr_codes_dat['Alphabetical codes'] >>> type(gwr_alpha_codes) pandas.core.frame.DataFrame >>> gwr_alpha_codes.head() Code Depot name 0 ABEEG Aberbeeg 1 ABG Aberbeeg 2 AYN Abercynon 3 ABDR Aberdare 4 ABH Aberystwyth