Alacorder retrieves case detail PDFs from Alacourt.com and processes them into data tables suitable for research purposes.
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Alacorder
Alacorder collects and processes case detail PDFs into data tables suitable for research purposes.
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Installation
If your device can run Python 3.10+, it can run Alacorder. Use pip to install the command line interface.
- Install Anaconda Distribution to install the latest Python.
- Once your Anaconda environment is configured, open a terminal from Anaconda Navigator and enter
pip install -U alacorderto install.
Usage: alacorder [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
Alacorder collects case detail PDFs from Alacourt.com and processes them into
data tables suitable for research purposes.
╭─ Options ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ --version Show the version and exit. │
│ --help Show this message and exit. │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ Commands ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ autofilter Automatically filter `party_search_results` using crawl-adoc │
│ outputs, so that cases with mismatching DOBs are removed. │
│ autopair Automatically generate filled pairs template from party │
│ search results table with 'Search' and 'Name' columns. │
│ crawl-adoc Collect full inmates list from ADOC Inmate Search and write │
│ to table at `output_path` (.xlsx, .csv, .json, .parquet). │
│ fetch-cases From a queue table with 'Case Number' or 'CaseNumber' │
│ column, download case detail PDFs to directory at │
│ `output_path`. │
│ launch Launch textual user interface. │
│ make-archive Create case text archive from directory of case detail PDFs. │
│ make-documents Make .docx summaries with voting rights information for each │
│ unique identifier in `pairs` at `output_dir`. │
│ make-summary Create voting rights summary grouped by person using a │
│ completed name/AIS pairing template (use make-template to │
│ create empty template). │
│ make-table Create table at `output_path` from archive or directory at │
│ `input_path`. │
│ make-template Create empty pairing template to be used as input for │
│ make-summary to create a voting rights summary grouped by │
│ person instead of by case. │
│ party-search Collect results from Alacourt Party Search into a table at │
│ `output_path`. Input `queue_path` table from .xlsx, .csv, │
│ .json, or .parquet with columns corresponding to Alacourt │
│ Party Search fields: 'Name', 'Party Type', 'SSN', 'DOB', │
│ 'County', 'Division', 'Case Year', 'Filed Before', 'Filed │
│ After', 'No Records'. │
│ rename-cases Rename all cases in a directory to full case number. │
│ Duplicates will be removed. │
│ search-adoc Search ADOC using queue with 'First Name', 'Last Name', and │
│ 'AIS' columns to retrieve sentencing information from ADOC. │
│ Record table to `output_path`. │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
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