Seriously Alpha library of parsers for the Itemized Records found on the fec’s detailed file page:
fec.gov/finance/disclosure/ftpdet.shtml
Most of the interesting bits are in:
FecUtils::ItemizedParsers::Base
To use a particular parser do something like:
>> rows = File.open(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "assets", "itpas2.dta")).read.split("\n")
>> parsed_rows = FecUtils::ItemizedParsers::PasParse.all(rows)
>> parsed_rows.first.candidate_identification
=> H2TX23082
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needs to parse the amount correctly
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in PasParse needs a coupla column_with_choices
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needs a parser for “Any Transaction from One Committee to Another”
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testing is a good idea, I should write more/some tests
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Fork the project.
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Make your feature addition or bug fix.
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Add tests for it. This is important so I don’t break it in a future version unintentionally.
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Commit, do not mess with rakefile, version, or history. (if you want to have your own version, that is fine but bump version in a commit by itself I can ignore when I pull)
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Send me a pull request. Bonus points for topic branches.
Copyright © 2010 Jeff Larson. See LICENSE for details.