python-safer is an web scraping API wrapper written in Python to fetch data from the Department of Transportation's Safety and Fitness Electronic Records System.
Here is how you search for companies using python-safer
from safer import CompanySnapshot
client = CompanySnapshot()
results = client.search('python')
for company in results:
print(company)
<SearchResult PYTHON CORPORATION (698887) from Lacombe, LA>
<SearchResult PYTHON PRESSURE PUMPING LLC (2346443) from Ada, OK>
<SearchResult PYTHON SERVICES LLC (918670) from Brighton, CO>
<SearchResult PYTHON TRANSPORT CORP (2379682) from Dania Beach, FL>
<SearchResult PYTHON TRANSPORTS LLC (2642177) from Fort Worth, TX>
<SearchResult PYTHON'S OF ST CLOUD INC (604262) from St Cloud, MN>
company = results[0].get_company_snapshot()
print(company.legal_name)
PYTHON CORPORATION
If there are any problems, just open issue.
lxml - the C bindings are needed as well. Just follow the installation instructions, should be fine.
pip install python-safer
This was written with Python 3.5, but it will probably work for any Python 3 version
Be prepared to wait for results, the SAFER CompanySnapshot website is very slow, and half the time it's down.
Import and create CompanySnapshot
from safer import CompanySnapshot
client = CompanySnapshot()
Search by Name
Searching by name will return a SearchResultSet object that can be iterated through,
each item in the SearchResultSet is a SearchResult object, to get the Company Snapshot of that object
you can call get_company_snapshot()
for company in client.search('python'):
company.get_company_snapshot()
Getting the company snapshot will return a Company Object.
Search by USDOT Number
Searching by USDOT will return a Company object or raise a CompanySnapshotNotFoundException
exception for that USDOT.
company = client.get_by_usdot_number(698887)
print(company.to_json())
{
"operation_classification": [
"Private(Property)"
],
"physical_address": "29279 HWY 190 LACOMBE, LA 70445",
"united_states_inspections": {
"hazmat": {
"out_of_service": "0",
"inspections": "0",
"out_of_service_percent": "0%",
"national_average": "4.50%"
},
"driver": {
"out_of_service": "0",
"inspections": "0",
"out_of_service_percent": "0%",
"national_average": "5.51%"
},
"iep": {
"out_of_service": 0,
"inspections": 0,
"out_of_service_percent": "0%",
"national_average": "N/A"
},
"vehicle": {
"out_of_service": "0",
"inspections": "0",
"out_of_service_percent": "0%",
"national_average": "20.72%"
}
},
"state_carrier_id": "",
"mc_mx_ff_numbers": null,
"out_of_service_date": null,
"mcs_150_form_date": "05/13/2016",
"safety_rating": null,
"carrier_operation": [
"Interstate"
],
"hm_shipper_operation": null,
"safety_review_date": null,
"canada_crashes": {
"injury": 0,
"total": 0,
"fatal": 0,
"tow": 0
},
"mcs_150_mileage_year": {
"year": 2015,
"mileage": 200000
},
"mailing_address": "PO BOX 790 LACOMBE, LA 70445",
"power_units": 8,
"dba_name": "",
"entity_type": "CARRIER",
"safety_rating_date": null,
"safety_type": null,
"duns_number": null,
"drivers": 7,
"us_inspections": {
"hazmat": {
"out_of_service": 0,
"inspections": 0,
"out_of_service_percent": "0%",
"national_average": "4.50%"
},
"vehicle": {
"out_of_service": 0,
"inspections": 0,
"out_of_service_percent": "0%",
"national_average": "20.72%"
},
"iep": {
"out_of_service": 0,
"inspections": 0,
"out_of_service_percent": "0%",
"national_average": "N/A"
},
"driver": {
"out_of_service": 0,
"inspections": 0,
"out_of_service_percent": "0%",
"national_average": "5.51%"
}
},
"united_states_crashes": {
"injury": 0,
"total": 0,
"fatal": 0,
"tow": 0
},
"phone": "(985) 882-6101",
"usdot": "698887",
"url": "http://www.safersys.org/query.asp?searchtype=ANY&query_type=queryCarrierSnapshot&query_param=USDOT&original_query_param=NAME&query_string=698887",
"legal_name": "PYTHON CORPORATION",
"latest_update": "09/12/2017",
"cargo_carried": [
"Building Materials"
],
"operating_status": "ACTIVE",
"canada_inspections": {
"vehicle": {
"out_of_service": 0,
"inspections": 0,
"out_of_service_percent": "0%"
},
"driver": {
"out_of_service": 0,
"inspections": 0,
"out_of_service_percent": "0%"
}
}
}
Viewing Company Snapshots in a web browser
Using the open_url()
function on a Company object, will open the Company Snapshot on the SAFER website.
company = client.get_by_usdot_number(698887)
company.open_url()
Company Object Properties
company.legal_name
'PYTHON CORPORATION'
company.drivers
7
company.power_units
8
company.phone_number
'(985) 882-6101'
There is more, just look at the source code. However all values that are shown on the Company Snapshot website are available in the Company class.