get_site_map

pyrcs.parser.get_site_map(update=False, confirmation_required=True, verbose=False)[source]

Fetch the site map from the package data.

Parameters:
  • update (bool) – whether to do an update check (for the package data), defaults to False

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

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

Returns:

dictionary of site map data

Return type:

collections.OrderedDict | None

Examples:

>>> from pyrcs.parser import get_site_map

>>> site_map_dat = get_site_map()

>>> type(site_map_dat)
collections.OrderedDict
>>> list(site_map_dat.keys())
['Home',
 'Line data',
 'Other assets',
 '"Legal/financial" lists',
 'Miscellaneous']
>>> site_map_dat['Home']
{'index.shtml': 'http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/index.shtml'}