Petitions.parliament.uk counter script

sum-sigs.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import json

file_path = '241584.json'

with open(file_path, 'r') as f:
    data = json.loads(''.join(f.readlines()))

sbyc = data['data']['attributes']['signatures_by_country']

uk_codes = ['GG', 'GI', 'BAT', 'IM', 'SH', 'GB', 'JE']

uk_count = 0
other_count = 0

for row in sbyc:
    in_uk = row['code'] in uk_codes
    print('%s: %s: %d %s' % (row['code'], row['name'], row['signature_count'], '*' if in_uk else ''))
    if in_uk:
        uk_count += row['signature_count']
    else:
        other_count += row['signature_count']

total = uk_count + other_count
print('--------')
print('Counted as UK: ', uk_codes)
print('UK:    %d (%.2f%%)' % (uk_count, uk_count * 100 / total))
print('Other: %d (%.2f%%)' % (other_count, other_count * 100 / total))

Usage: download the JSON export of a petition (eg https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/241584.json), revise file_path in line 5 to point to it, roll eyes at the trolls crying fraud.

Run with python 3: python3 sum-sigs.py

Last run output:

...
--------
Counted as UK:  ['GG', 'GI', 'BAT', 'IM', 'SH', 'GB', 'JE']
UK:    1157742 (96.32%)
Other: 44187 (3.68%)