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@maxachis maxachis commented Dec 16, 2024

Supports #105

Refactors Muckrock Scraper, getting rid of redundant code, modularizing, and otherwise doing quality of life improvements.

* Create explicit "main" method
* Extract logic to functions
* Add detailed docstrings
* Add some comments
* Create explicit "main" method
* Extract logic to functions
* Add detailed docstrings
* Add some comments and TODOs
* Add detailed docstrings
* Add some comments and TODOs
* Create explicit main function and `__main__` section
* Add detailed docstrings
* Add some comments and TODOs
* Extract logic from `muck_get.py` and `download_muckrock_foia.py`
* Create constants for base muckrock api url and foia extension of base url
* Extract logic for loading from and saving to json files to separate functions
* Add TODOs
* Extract `muck_get.py` logic to FOIA searcher
* Remove deprecated `download_muckrock_foia.py`
* Create MuckrockFetcher base class
* Implement in FOIAFetcher
* Create JurisdictionFetcher and AgencyFetcher
* Replace relevant logic in `generate_detailed_muckrock_csv.py`
* Create Enum Class
* Simplify Agency Info data creation
* Extract logic to separate functions
* Create Enum Class
* Simplify Agency Info data creation
* Extract logic to separate functions
* Create LoopFetcher classes
* Implement in `get_allegheny_foias`
* Create SQLClient classes
* Add custom exception handling to Muckrock Fetcher.
* Clean up comments
* Extract some logic to separate functions.
* Create FOIA DB Searcher class, incorporate into module
* Extract logic to functions
* Move all class files into `/classes` module
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Closing this as I'm working it into #122 !

@maxachis maxachis closed this Dec 26, 2024
@maxachis maxachis deleted the mc_105_muckrock_scraper_enhancements branch April 17, 2025 19:40
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