tm_parser

Introduction/usage

Parses an advancement/individual history PDF from troopmaster, into YAML/TOML/JSON format or for use in Python projects. Also hooks into the objexplore browser for data checking/viewing.

Installation

pip install tm-parser

Instructions:

In troopmaster, under reports -> advancement -> individual history

select all the scouts you want to report
select all the ranks you want to report
Do not select "Omit details on completed ranks"
Other than that, any other options can be included or excluded (I only tested a few configurations. if it doesn't work, select everything)

generate the report and save it to a PDF. -- we will use "export.pdf" as the output file name

by default, the output is to the console in YAML format

Then run:

tmparse -o output.yaml export.pdf

Options:

-t --output-type  [yaml], json or toml

-o --outfile output filename

This produces output of the desired type.

-e --explore opens an objexplore window for your scouts so you can explore the data

YAML can be read in python with:

import yaml

with open('output.yaml') as f:

    scouts = yaml.safe_load(f)

Using tm_parser in code:

from tm_parser import Parser

#initializing the parser automatically parses the file and stores
#the information in TmParser().scouts
parser = TmParser(infile='filename.pdf')


# Iterating on the parser yields scouts
for scout in parser:
    print('----------------------------------------------')
    print(f"{scout['Data']['Name']:26}Date       Eagle Req")
    print('----------------------------------------------')
    ## do something with scout
    if "Merit Badges" in scout:

        #sort merit badges by date ascending
        for badge, data in sorted(scout['Merit Badges'].items(), 
                                    key=lambda x: x[1]['date']):
            print(f"{badge:26}{data['date']} {data['eagle_required']}")

Yields:

----------------------------------------------
Smith, John               Date       Eagle Req
----------------------------------------------
Climbing                  2017-03-11 False
Mammal Study              2017-06-29 False
Leatherwork               2017-06-30 False
Swimming                  2017-06-30 True
Kayaking                  2018-06-29 False
Wilderness Survival       2018-06-29 False
Rifle Shooting            2018-06-29 False
First Aid                 2018-09-29 True

By default the information is a dictionary, with the scout names as keys, and each scout is a dictionary with the following keys:

Activity Totals
Data - contains biographical data
Leadership
Merit Badges
Order of the Arrow
Partial Merit Badges
Rank Advancement
Training Courses

All dates have been parsed into datetime.date objects, in YYYY-MM-DD format, and are null if not assigned in the incoming data.

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