alacorder 81.1.17

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.                                 │
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╭─ 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 'Case Number' or '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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