lisc.data.MetaData¶

class lisc.data.MetaData[source]¶

An object to hold the meta data for data collection.

Attributes

datestr: The date that the data collection was run.
requesterdict: Details of the requester object used for the data collection.
db_infodict: Details of the database from which the data was accessed.
settingsdict: Details of any search settings that were used during the collection.
loglist or None: A log of requested URLs, if requests were logged.

Methods

`__init__`()	Initialize a MetaData object.
`add_db_info`(db_info)	Add database information to the MetaData object.
`add_requester`(requester[, close])	Add a requester to the MetaData object.
`add_settings`(settings)	Add search settings information to the MetaData object.
`as_dict`()	Get the attributes of the MetaData object as a dictionary.
`from_dict`(meta_dict)	Populate object from an input dictionary.
`get_date`()	Get the current data and attach to object.

add_db_info(db_info)[source]¶

Add database information to the MetaData object.

Parameters

db_infodict: Information about the database from which the data was collected.

add_requester(requester, close=True)[source]¶

Add a requester to the MetaData object.

Parameters

requesterRequester or dict: If Requester, the object used to launch URL requests. If dict, information from a requester object.
closebool, optional, default: True: Whether to close the requester.

add_settings(settings)[source]¶

Add search settings information to the MetaData object.

Parameters