alacorder 81.2.1

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 3.10+, it can run Alacorder. Use pip to install the command line interface.

• Install Anaconda Distribution to install the latest Python.
• Once your Anaconda environment is configured, open a terminal from Anaconda Navigator and enter pip install -U alacorder to install.

 Usage: 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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