Depots.collect_tops_codes

Depots.collect_tops_codes(confirmation_required=True, verbose=False)[source]

Collects two-character TOPS codes from the source web page.

Parameters:
  • confirmation_required (bool) – Whether user confirmation is required before proceeding; defaults to True.

  • verbose (bool | int) – Whether to print relevant information to the console; defaults to False.

Returns:

A dictionary containing the two-character TOPS codes and the date they were last updated, or None if no data is collected.

Return type:

dict | None

Examples:

>>> from pyrcs.other_assets import Depots  # from pyrcs import Depots
>>> depots = Depots()
>>> tct_codes = depots.collect_tops_codes()
To collect data of two character TOPS codes
? [No]|Yes: yes
>>> type(tct_codes)
dict
>>> list(tct_codes.keys())
['Two character TOPS codes', 'Last updated date']
>>> depots.KEY_TO_TOPS
'Two character TOPS codes'
>>> tct_codes_dat = tct_codes[depots.KEY_TO_TOPS]
>>> type(tct_codes_dat)
pandas.core.frame.DataFrame
>>> tct_codes_dat.head()
  Code  ...                Notes
0   AB  ...          Closed 1987
1   AB  ...
2   AC  ...  Became WH from 1994
3   AC  ...
4   AD  ...
[5 rows x 5 columns]