rechtspraak-extractor 1.5.3

Library for extracting rechtspraak data

Rechtspraak extractor

This library contains two functions to get rechtspraak data and metadata from the API.

Version

Python 3.9+

Contributors

Pranav Bapat

running-machin

Piotr Lewandowski

shashankmc

gijsvd

How to install?

pip install rechtspraak_extractor

What are the functions?

Rechtspraak Extractor

1. get_rechtspraak
Gets all the ECLIs and saves them in the CSV file or in-memory.
It gets, ECLI, title, summary, updated date, link.
2. get_rechtspraak_metadata
Gets the metadata of the ECLIs created by above function and saves them in the new CSV file or in-memory.
Link attribute that we get from the above function contains the links of ECLI metadata.
It gets instantie, datum uitspraak, datum publicatie, zaaknummer, rechtsgebieden, bijzondere kenmerken, inhoudsindicatie, and vindplaatsen

What are the parameters?

1. get_rechtspraak(max_ecli=100, sd='2022-05-01', ed='2022-10-01', save_file='y')
Parameters:
• max_ecli: int, optional
Maximum amount of ECLIs to retrieve
Default: 100
• sd: date, optional, default '2022-08-01'
The start publication date (yyyy-mm-dd)
• ed: date, optional, default current date
The end publication date (yyyy-mm-dd)
• save_file: ['y', 'n'], default 'y'
y - Save data as a CSV file in data folder
n - Save data as a dataframe in-memory
2. get_rechtspraak_metadata
• save_file: ['y', 'n'], default 'y'
y - Save data as a CSV file in data folder
n - Save data as a dataframe in-memory
• dataframe: dataframe, optional
Dataframe containing ECLIs to retrieve metadata. Cannot be combined with filename
• filename: string, optional
CSV file containing ECLIs to retrieve metadata. Cannot be combined with dataframe

Examples

import rechtspraak_extractor as rex

# Get rechtspraak data as a DataFrame (100 ECLIs since 2022-08-01)
df = rex.get_rechtspraak(max_ecli=100, sd="2022-08-01", save_file="n")

# Save rechtspraak data directly to CSV in the data/ folder
rex.get_rechtspraak(max_ecli=100, sd="2022-08-01", save_file="y")

# Get metadata into a DataFrame from an existing DataFrame
df_metadata = rex.get_rechtspraak_metadata(save_file="n", dataframe=df)

# Get metadata into a DataFrame from a CSV produced by get_rechtspraak
df_metadata = rex.get_rechtspraak_metadata(save_file="n", filename="rechtspraak.csv")

# Produce metadata CSV from an in-memory DataFrame
rex.get_rechtspraak_metadata(save_file="y", dataframe=df)

# Produce metadata CSV from files already in data/ (processes all files)
rex.get_rechtspraak_metadata(save_file="y")

• filename rechtspraak.csv refers to a file in the data/ folder created by get_rechtspraak.
• df is the DataFrame returned by get_rechtspraak.

License

Previously under the MIT License, as of 28/10/2022 this work is licensed under a Apache License, Version 2.0.

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