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Fetch california election results
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while true; do | |
curl http://api.sos.ca.gov/api/president/party/democratic?format=csv | tail -n +5 > results-$(date +%m-%d_%H%M) | |
python process.py | |
sleep 1h | |
done |
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import glob | |
import csv | |
import re | |
def main(): | |
print "Time,Votes for Hillary,Votes for Bernie,Total,% Hillary,% Bernie" | |
for fname in sorted(glob.glob("results-*")): | |
with open(fname, 'rb') as csvfile: | |
res = re.search("results-(..)-(..)_(..)(..)", fname) | |
month = res.group(1) | |
day = res.group(2) | |
hour = res.group(3) | |
minute = res.group(4) | |
reader = csv.DictReader(csvfile) | |
print "2016/%s/%s %s:%s:00," % (month, day, hour, minute), | |
total = 0 | |
candidateVotes = {} | |
for row in reader: | |
votes = int(row['Votes']) | |
total += votes | |
candidateVotes[row['CandidateName']] = votes | |
print "%d, %d, %d, %.02f%%, %.02f%%" % ( | |
candidateVotes["Hillary Clinton"], | |
candidateVotes["Bernie Sanders"], | |
total, | |
float(candidateVotes["Hillary Clinton"]) / total * 100.0, | |
float(candidateVotes["Bernie Sanders"]) / total * 100.0) | |
if __name__ == '__main__': | |
main() |
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