INNER CODE UNIT · Python
save_smith_book
aeturrell/coding-for-economists · data_set_prep.py:60
def save_smith_book():
"""Downloads part of the 'The Wealth of Nations' and saves it."""
html = urllib.request.urlopen(
"https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3300/3300-h/3300-h.htm"
).read()
# Take the book text only
book_text = (
text_from_html(html)
.split("Produced by Colin Muir, and David Widger")[1]
.split("Conclusion of the Chapter.")[0]
)
print(book_text.split("\n")[0])
open(os.path.join("data", "smith_won.txt"), "w").write(book_text)
def prep_river_data():
"""
Download the 10m rivers, lakes, and centerlines from and put in scratch/rivers/