utils

Provides a number of helper functions.

Validate inputs

is_homepage_connectable()	Checks and returns whether the Railway Codes website is reacheable.
is_str_float(x[, finite_only])	Checks if a string represents and can be converted to a finite float value.
validate_initial(initial[, as_is])	Validates if a value is a single ASCII letter.
validate_page_name(cls_instance, page_no, ...)	Retrieves the valid page name corresponding to a given page number.
get_collect_verbosity_for_fetch(data_dir, ...)	Creates a new parameter that indicates whether to print relevant information to the console.
get_batch_fetch_verbosity(data_dir, verbose)	Creates a new parameter that indicates whether to print relevant information to the console.

Print messages

format_confirmation_prompt(data_name[, ...])	Returns a message for comfirming whether to proceed to collect a certain cluster of data.
print_collection_message(data_name[, ...])	Prints a message indicating the status of data collection.
print_connection_warning([verbose])	Checks the Internet connection and prints a warning if the source is unreachable.
print_instance_connection_error([update, ...])	Prints an error message when an instance fails to establish an Internet connection.
print_void_collection_message(data_name, verbose)	Prints a warning message when the data collection process fails and no fresh data was collected.

Save and retrieve pre-packed data

fetch_location_names_errata([k, regex, ...])

Fetches a dictionary or dataframe to rectify location names.