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Data generator for the-law-factory project
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Data generator for the-law-factory project

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the-law-factory-parser

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Data generator for [the-law-factory project](https://github.com/RegardsCitoyens/the-law-factory) (http://www.LaFabriqueDeLaLoi.fr)



Code used to generate the API available at: http://www.LaFabriqueDeLaLoi.fr/api/



## Install the dependencies ##



You should set up a dedicated virtualenv with Python 3.5+:



```bash

virtualenv -p $(which python3) venv

source venv/bin/activate

```



Using Pypy can seriously boost performance. You can easily install it and create a virtualenv with it for instance by [installing Pyenv](https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-installer#pyenv-installer):



```bash

pyenv install pypy3.5-6.0.0

pyenv virtualenv pypy3.5-6.0.0 lafabrique

pyenv activate lafabrique

```



Then with your choice of virtualenv activated, install the dependencies:



```bash

sudo apt install libxml2-dev libxslt-dev # necessary for lxml

pip install --upgrade setuptools pip # not necessary but always a good idea

pip install -e .

pip install -Ur requirements.txt # to get the latest version of those dependencies

```



## Generate data for one bill ##



- search for the [bill's procedure page on Senat.fr](http://www.senat.fr/dossiers-legislatifs/index-general-projets-propositions-de-lois.html) or [Assemblee-nationale.fr](http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/15/documents/index-dossier.asp).



- execute *tlfp-parse* script using the procedure page:



`tlfp-parse `



The data is generated in the "*data*" directory. You can change this default behavior by inputting a data path as extra argument: `tlfp-parse  `.



For example, to generate data about the "*Enseignement supérieur et recherche*" bill:



    tlfp-parse http://www.senat.fr/dossier-legislatif/pjl12-614.html

    ls data/pjl12-614/



You can also use directly Senate's ids such as: `tlfp-parse pjl12-614`



Development options `--debug`, `--enable-cache` and `--only-promulgated` can also be used.



## Generate data for many bills



To generate all bills from 2008, you can pipe a list of ids or urls into `tlfp-parse-many`.



A convenient way to do so is to use [senapy](https://github.com/regardscitoyens/senapy):



   senapy-cli doslegs_urls --min-year=2008 | tlfp-parse-many data/



See `senapy-cli doslegs_urls` help for more options. You can also use [anpy](https://github.com/regardscitoyens/anpy) with `anpy-cli doslegs_urls`.



## Serve bills locally for [The Law Factory website](https://github.com/regardscitoyens/the-law-factory)



First, you need to build data for all desired bills.



Then generate the files required by the frontend:



    python tlfp/generate_dossiers_csv.py data/       # generates home.json and dossiers_promulgues.csv used by the searchbar

    python tlfp/tools/assemble_procedures.py data/   # generates dossiers_n.json files used by the Navettes viz



Finally, serve the data directory however you like. For instance, you can serve it on a specific port with a simple http server like nodeJs', in which case, you'll need to enable cors: just install *http-server* with npm and run it in data directory on a given port (8002 in the example):



    npm install -g http-server

    cd data & http-server -p 8002 --cors



## Generate git version for a bill



*Work In Progress*



You can export all your bills as git repositories: `python tlfp/tools/make_git_repos.py git_export`



## Other things you can do



 - parse a sénat dosleg: `senapy-cli parse pjl15-610`

 - parse an AN dosleg: `anpy-cli parse http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/13/dossiers/deuxieme_collectif_2009.asp`

 - parse all the sénat doslegs: `senapy-cli doslegs_urls | senapy-cli parse_many senat_doslegs/`

 - parse all the AN doslegs `anpy-cli doslegs_urls | anpy-cli parse_many an_doslegs/`

 - generate a graph of the steps: `python tlfp/tools/steps_as_dot.py data/ | dot -Tsvg > steps.svg`



You can explore the related projects [here](https://github.com/search?q=topic%3Aparliamentary-data+org%3Aregardscitoyens)



## Tests



To run the tests, you can follow the `.travis.yml` file.



    git clone https://github.com/regardscitoyens/the-law-factory-parser-test-cases.git

    python tests/test_regressions.py the-law-factory-parser-test-cases



If you modify something, best is to regenerate the test-cases with the `--regen` flag:



    python tests/test_regressions.py the-law-factory-parser-test-cases --regen



To make the tests faster, you can also use the `--enable-cache` flag.

To clear the cache, you can remove the directory returned by `lawfactory_where_is_my_cache`.

To update the meta-infos (ex: a new political group was added), you need to clear the test-cases directory of all the root `.json` files.



You can also watch for parts of the code not yet covered by the tests:



   - First, install `coverage`: `pip install coverage`

   - Then, you can execute `bash coverage.sh`

   - Then, the report is in `htmlcov/index.html`



## Credits



This work, a collaboration between [Regard Citoyens](https://www.regardscitoyens.org), [médialab Sciences Po](https://medialab.sciencespo.fr/fr/) and [CEE Sciences Po](http://www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etudes-europeennes/fr), is supported by a public grant overseen by the French National Research Agency (ANR) as part of the "Investissements d'Avenir" program within the framework of the LIEPP center of excellence (ANR11LABX0091, ANR 11 IDEX000502).



More details at https://lafabriquedelaloi.fr/a-propos.html