Alacorder retrieves case detail PDFs from Alacourt.com and processes them into data tables suitable for research purposes.
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Alacorder
Alacorder collects and processes case detail PDFs into data tables suitable for research purposes.
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Installation
If your device can run Python 3.9+, it can run Alacorder. Use pip
to install the command line interface and Python module alac
.
- Install Anaconda Distribution to install the latest Python.
- Once your Anaconda environment is configured, open a terminal from Anaconda Navigator and enter
pip install alacorder
to install. - Enter
python -m alacorder
to use the command line interface.
Usage: python -m alacorder [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
Alacorder collects case detail PDFs from Alacourt.com and processes them into data tables suitable
for research purposes.
╭─ Options ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ --version Show the version and exit. │
│ --help Show this message and exit. │
╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ Commands ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ crawl-adoc Collect full inmates list from ADOC Inmate Search and write to table at │
│ `output_path` (.xls, .xlsx, .csv, .json, .parquet). │
│ fetch-cases From a queue table with `CaseNumber` column, download case detail PDFs to directory │
│ at `output_path`. │
│ make-archive Create case text archive from directory of case detail PDFs. │
│ make-summary Create voting rights summary grouped by person using a completed name/AIS pairing │
│ template (use make-template to create empty template). │
│ make-table Create table at `output_path` from archive or directory at `input_path`. │
│ make-template Create empty pairing template to be used as input for make-summary to create a │
│ voting rights summary grouped by person instead of by case. │
│ party-search Collect results from Alacourt Party Search into a table at `output_path`. Input │
│ `queue_path` table from .xls(x), .csv, .json, or .parquet with columns corresponding │
│ to Alacourt Party Search fields: Name, Party Type, SSN, DOB, County, Division, Case │
│ Year, Filed Before, Filed After, No Records. │
│ rename-cases Rename all cases in a directory to full case number. Duplicates will be removed. │
│ search-adoc Search ADOC using queue with First Name, Last Name, and AIS columns to retrieve │
│ sentencing information from ADOC. Record table to `output_path`. │
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