Describe the general shape of this PR (new feature? refactor? bug fix? one-line change?)
This fixes a bug, refactors, and changes hard-coded parameters to variables provided at run time.
Describe what changes are being made
This fixes the index-out-of-range bug.
This refactors the code.
This adds getting user specific data from a local-environment file.
This moves the city specification to the command line.
Describe why these changes are being made
Adding run-time parameters makes the program user agnostic and reusable for all of Legistar's cities.
Describe any external libraries/dependencies added or removed in this PR
python-dotenv
Describe how you tested these changes
Working for huntingtonbeach.legistar.com
To make this work:
pip install python-dotenv
in the Legistar_scraper directory, create a file, .env, with full_path = "[the path to your repository]"
when running from the command line, add the city as a parameter. e.g. for https://huntingtonbeach.legistar.com, run python Legistar_Selenium.py huntingtonbeach
:scroll: Description
Describe the general shape of this PR (new feature? refactor? bug fix? one-line change?) This fixes a bug, refactors, and changes hard-coded parameters to variables provided at run time.
Describe what changes are being made This fixes the index-out-of-range bug. This refactors the code. This adds getting user specific data from a local-environment file. This moves the city specification to the command line.
Describe why these changes are being made Adding run-time parameters makes the program user agnostic and reusable for all of Legistar's cities.
Describe any external libraries/dependencies added or removed in this PR python-dotenv
Describe how you tested these changes Working for huntingtonbeach.legistar.com
To make this work:
Legistar_scraperdirectory, create a file,.env, withfull_path = "[the path to your repository]"https://huntingtonbeach.legistar.com, runpython Legistar_Selenium.py huntingtonbeach