Bridges¶

class pyrcs.line_data.Bridges(data_dir=None, update=False, verbose=True)[source]¶

A class for collecting data of railway bridges.

Parameters:

data_dir (str | None) – Directory where the data is stored; defaults to None.
verbose (bool | int) – Whether to print relevant information to the console; defaults to True.

Variables:

catalogue (dict) – The catalogue of the data.
last_updated_date (str) – The date when the data was last updated.
data_dir (str) – The path to the directory containing the data.
current_data_dir (str) – The path to the current data directory.

Examples:

>>> from pyrcs.line_data import Bridges  # from pyrcs import Bridges
>>> bdg = Bridges()
>>> bdg.NAME
'Railway bridges'
>>> bdg.URL
'http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/bridges/bridges0.shtm'

Attributes

`KEY`	The key for accessing the data.
`KEY_TO_LAST_UPDATED_DATE`	The key used to reference the last updated date in the data.
`NAME`	The name of the data.
`URL`	The URL of the main webpage for the data.

Methods

`collect_codes`([confirmation_required, ...])	Collects codes of railway bridges from its source webpage.
`fetch_codes`([update, dump_dir, verbose])	Fetches codes of railway bridges.