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. │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ Commands ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ autofilter Automatically filter `party_search_results` using crawl-adoc outputs, so │
│ that cases with mismatching DOBs are removed. │
│ autopair Automatically generate filled pairs template from party search results │
│ table with 'Search' and 'Name' columns. │
│ crawl-adoc Collect full inmates list from ADOC Inmate Search and write to table at │
│ `output_path` (.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-documents Make .docx summaries with voting rights information for each unique │
│ identifier in `pairs` at `output_dir`. │
│ 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 .xlsx, .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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