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Query api.geonames.org site to get flat country informations
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Script to update 'countries.py' if needed
"""
from lxml import objectify
import requests
URL = 'http://api.geonames.org/countryInfo?username=demo'
FILE_PREFIX = """# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# These datas comes from %s.
# It allows to have matching keys 'isoAlpha3' (2 chars) and 'isoNumeric'
# according to 2 chars country code
# ie 'JP': {'isoAlpha3': 'JPN', 'isoNumeric': 392}
""" % URL
geo = requests.get(URL)
geonames = objectify.fromstring(geo.text.encode('utf-8'))
countries = {}
countries_elms = geonames.getchildren()
assert len(countries_elms) > 1, "geoname web service response: \n%s" % geonames.status.get('message')
for country in countries_elms:
countries[country.countryCode] = {
'isoAlpha3': country.isoAlpha3,
'isoNumeric': country.isoNumeric,
}
with open('./countries.py', 'w') as f:
f.write('%sdatas = %s' % (FILE_PREFIX, str(countries)))
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