get_last_updated_date

pyrcs.parser.get_last_updated_date(url, parsed=True, as_date_type=False, verbose=False)[source]

Gets the last update date of a specified web page.

This function extracts the date when the given web page was last updated. The date can be returned as a string or a date object.

Parameters:

  • url (str) – The URL of the web page for which the last update date is requested.

  • parsed (bool) – Whether to reformat the date into a standardized format (YYYY-MM-DD); defaults to True.

  • as_date_type (bool :param verbose: Whether to print relevant information to the console; defaults to False. :type verbose: bool | int) – If True, the date is returned as a datetime.date object; if False (default), it’s returned as a string.

Returns:

The last update date of the specified web page, or None if this information is not available on the web page.

Return type:

str | datetime.date | 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