knesset-data python module
A python module that provides api to available Israeli Parliament (Knesset) data
This module provides low-level APIs to support other higher-level modules from the Knesset data project
Installation
- $ pip install knesset-data
Usage Example
- $ python
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from knesset_data.dataservice.committees import Committee
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committees = list(Committee.get_all_active_committees())
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len(committees)
- 19
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print(committees[0].name)
- ועדת הכנסת
Known issues / FAQ / Common problems
- Knesset blocking of some requests - this is a major problem, but it only affects specific cases, so you might not be affected by it. Please add a call to is_reblaze_content to check any content you get from knesset and detect whether it was blocked, or if there is a different problem. See this issue for some more details and possible fixes.
- what logic should knesset-data-python be responsible for?
Contributing
See the contribution guide
Project Administration
Travis publishes to pypi automatically on every published release (or tag)
Publishing a release
- merge some pull requests
- create or update the latest draft release (https://github.com/hasadna/knesset-data-python/releases)
- update the release notes, save draft
- test / update the release
- when ready, publish the release on GitHub
- travis will automatically publish to pypi
Updating dependant projects
After publishing a release you probably want to update the dependency in dependant projects
In Open Knesset repository -
- edit Open-Knesset/requirements.txt
knesset-data==1.2.0- test and open a pull request in Open Knesset
More details regarding travis publishing to pypi
The .travis.yml file contains encrypted variables, you add them using the travis cli client:
$ git config --local travis.slug hasadna/knesset-data-python
$ travis encrypt TRAVIS_PYPI_USER=(YOUR_PYPI_USER) TRAVIS_PYPI_PASS=(YOUR_PYPI_PASSWORD) --add
$ history -c
add the secure env var to .travis.yml
Check out .travis/after_success.sh to see how the publishing to pypi works
