A simple wrapper around the Companies House API
Project description
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# chwrapper
A python wrapper around the [Companies House UK API](https://developer.companieshouse.gov.uk/api/docs/). Returns [requests.Response objects](http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/api/#requests.Response).
## Example usage
```python
>>> import chwrapper
>>> search_client = chwrapper.Search(access_token='secret_token')
>>> response = search_client.search_companies('dyson')
>>> response.json()
{'items': [{'address': {'address_line_1': 'Malmesbury',
'locality': 'Wiltshire',
'postal_code': 'SN16 0RP',
'premises': 'Tetbury Hill'},
'address_snippet': 'Tetbury Hill, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, SN16 0RP',
'company_number': '03772814',
'company_status': 'active',
'company_type': 'ltd',
'date_of_creation': '1999-05-18',
'description': '03772814 - Incorporated on 18 May 1999',
'description_identifier': ['incorporated-on'],
'kind': 'searchresults#company',
'links': {'self': '/company/03772814'},
'matches': {'snippet': [1, 5, 20, 24], 'title': [1, 5]},
'snippet': 'DYSON TECHNOLOGY · DYSON ',
'title': 'DYSON JAMES LIMITED'},...]}
```
For further details, see the docs:
http://chwrapper.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
## Supported Endpoints
- [**Search for companies by name**] (http://chwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/api.html#chwrapper.Search.search_companies)
- [**Search for officers by name**] (http://chwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/api.html#chwrapper.Search.search_officers)
- [**Search for officer appointments by officer number**] (http://chwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/api.html#chwrapper.Search.appointments)
- [**Search for company addresses by company number**] (http://chwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/api.html#chwrapper.Search.address)
- [**Search for company profile by company number**] (http://chwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/api.html#chwrapper.Search.profile)
- [**Search for insolvency records by company number**] (http://chwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/api.html#chwrapper.Search.insolvency)
- [**Search for a company's filing history**] (http://chwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/api.html#chwrapper.Search.filing_history)
- [**Search for charges against a company**] (http://chwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/api.html#chwrapper.Search.charges)
- [**Search for officers registered against a company**] (http://chwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/api.html#chwrapper.Search.officers)
- [**Search for disqualified officers by their ID number**] (http://chwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/api.html#chwrapper.Search.disqualified)
- [**Search for all persons of significant control of a company**] (http://chwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/api.html#chwrapper.Search.persons_significant_control)
- [**Search for a single person with significant control of a company**] (http://chwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/api.html#chwrapper.Search.significant_control)
- [**Search for documents by document ID**] (http://chwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/api.html#chwrapper.Search.documents)
## Installation
### Get the Code
chwrapper is available on [PyPi](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/chwrapper/0.2.0). Just `pip install chwrapper`.
chwrapper is also available on [GitHub](https://github.com/JamesGardiner/chwrapper).
You can either clone the public repository:
```bash
$ git clone git://github.com/JamesGardiner/chwrapper.git
```
Download the [tarball](https://github.com/nestauk/gtr/tarball/master)
```bash
$ curl -OL https://github.com/JamesGardiner/chwrapper/tarball/master
```
Or, download the zipball:
```bash
$ curl -OL https://github.com/nestauk/gtr/zipball/master
```
Once you have a copy of the source, you can install it into your Python package, or install it into your site-packages easily:
```bash
$ python setup.py install
```
[![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/JamesGardiner/chwrapper/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/github/JamesGardiner/chwrapper?branch=master)
# chwrapper
A python wrapper around the [Companies House UK API](https://developer.companieshouse.gov.uk/api/docs/). Returns [requests.Response objects](http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/api/#requests.Response).
## Example usage
```python
>>> import chwrapper
>>> search_client = chwrapper.Search(access_token='secret_token')
>>> response = search_client.search_companies('dyson')
>>> response.json()
{'items': [{'address': {'address_line_1': 'Malmesbury',
'locality': 'Wiltshire',
'postal_code': 'SN16 0RP',
'premises': 'Tetbury Hill'},
'address_snippet': 'Tetbury Hill, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, SN16 0RP',
'company_number': '03772814',
'company_status': 'active',
'company_type': 'ltd',
'date_of_creation': '1999-05-18',
'description': '03772814 - Incorporated on 18 May 1999',
'description_identifier': ['incorporated-on'],
'kind': 'searchresults#company',
'links': {'self': '/company/03772814'},
'matches': {'snippet': [1, 5, 20, 24], 'title': [1, 5]},
'snippet': 'DYSON TECHNOLOGY · DYSON ',
'title': 'DYSON JAMES LIMITED'},...]}
```
For further details, see the docs:
http://chwrapper.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
## Supported Endpoints
- [**Search for companies by name**] (http://chwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/api.html#chwrapper.Search.search_companies)
- [**Search for officers by name**] (http://chwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/api.html#chwrapper.Search.search_officers)
- [**Search for officer appointments by officer number**] (http://chwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/api.html#chwrapper.Search.appointments)
- [**Search for company addresses by company number**] (http://chwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/api.html#chwrapper.Search.address)
- [**Search for company profile by company number**] (http://chwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/api.html#chwrapper.Search.profile)
- [**Search for insolvency records by company number**] (http://chwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/api.html#chwrapper.Search.insolvency)
- [**Search for a company's filing history**] (http://chwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/api.html#chwrapper.Search.filing_history)
- [**Search for charges against a company**] (http://chwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/api.html#chwrapper.Search.charges)
- [**Search for officers registered against a company**] (http://chwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/api.html#chwrapper.Search.officers)
- [**Search for disqualified officers by their ID number**] (http://chwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/api.html#chwrapper.Search.disqualified)
- [**Search for all persons of significant control of a company**] (http://chwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/api.html#chwrapper.Search.persons_significant_control)
- [**Search for a single person with significant control of a company**] (http://chwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/api.html#chwrapper.Search.significant_control)
- [**Search for documents by document ID**] (http://chwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/api.html#chwrapper.Search.documents)
## Installation
### Get the Code
chwrapper is available on [PyPi](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/chwrapper/0.2.0). Just `pip install chwrapper`.
chwrapper is also available on [GitHub](https://github.com/JamesGardiner/chwrapper).
You can either clone the public repository:
```bash
$ git clone git://github.com/JamesGardiner/chwrapper.git
```
Download the [tarball](https://github.com/nestauk/gtr/tarball/master)
```bash
$ curl -OL https://github.com/JamesGardiner/chwrapper/tarball/master
```
Or, download the zipball:
```bash
$ curl -OL https://github.com/nestauk/gtr/zipball/master
```
Once you have a copy of the source, you can install it into your Python package, or install it into your site-packages easily:
```bash
$ python setup.py install
```
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