Depots

class pyrcs.other_assets.depot.Depots(data_dir=None, update=False, verbose=True)

A class for collecting data of depot codes.

Parameters

data_dir (str or None) – name of data directory, defaults to None
update (bool) – whether to do an update check (for the catagloue data), defaults to False
verbose (bool or int) – whether to print relevant information in console, defaults to True

Variables

catalogue (dict) – catalogue of the data
last_updated_date (str) – last updated date
data_dir (str) – path to the data directory
current_data_dir (str) – path to the current data directory

Examples:

>>> from pyrcs.other_assets import Depots  # from pyrcs import Depots

>>> depots = Depots()

>>> depots.NAME
'Depot codes'

>>> depots.URL
'http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/depots/depots0.shtm'

Attributes

`KEY`	Key of the dict-type data
`KEY_TO_1950_SYSTEM`	Key of the dict-type data of 1950 system (pre-TOPS) codes
`KEY_TO_GWR`	Key of the dict-type data of GWR codes
`KEY_TO_LAST_UPDATED_DATE`	Key of the data of the last updated date
`KEY_TO_PRE_TOPS`	Key of the dict-type data of four digit pre-TOPS codes
`KEY_TO_TOPS`	Key of the dict-type data of two character TOPS codes
`NAME`	Name of the data
`URL`	URL of the main web page of the data

Methods

`collect_1950_system_codes`([...])	Collect 1950 system (pre-TOPS) codes from source web page.
`collect_gwr_codes`([confirmation_required, ...])	Collect Great Western Railway (GWR) depot codes from source web page.
`collect_pre_tops_codes`([...])	Collect four-digit pre-TOPS codes from source web page.
`collect_tops_codes`([confirmation_required, ...])	Collect two-character TOPS codes from source web page.
`fetch_1950_system_codes`([update, dump_dir, ...])	Fetch data of 1950 system (pre-TOPS) codes.
`fetch_codes`([update, dump_dir, verbose])	Fetch data of depot codes.
`fetch_gwr_codes`([update, dump_dir, verbose])	Fetch data of Great Western Railway (GWR) depot codes.
`fetch_pre_tops_codes`([update, dump_dir, verbose])	Fetch data of four-digit pre-TOPS codes.
`fetch_tops_codes`([update, dump_dir, verbose])	Fetch data of two-character TOPS codes.