scrapinghub / scrapinghub/dateparser

logging the parsing process

Open
#1,105 0 comments 1 reaction 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Dominant language
Python
Stars
2.9k
Forks
520
Avg merge
22h 56m
Merged PRs (30d)
6

Description

Hi,
Some context what I am trying to achieve, I am looking into gene symbols that could be recognized as dates. So I am trying to parse every gene symbol with every locale.
For instance gene name A2M can be parsed as a date in Spanish. Is there a way to show why is it getting parsed?

Thanks,
B

Some examples below:

>>> DateDataParser(languages=['es']).get_date_data('A2').date_obj.strftime('%A %B %X %x')
'Wednesday November 00:00:00 11/02/22'
>>> DateDataParser(languages=['es']).get_date_data('2M').date_obj.strftime('%A %B %X %x')
'Wednesday September 14:44:44 09/28/22'
>>> DateDataParser(languages=['es']).get_date_data('A2M').date_obj.strftime('%A %B %X %x')
'Wednesday September 14:44:34 09/28/22'


# This doesn't parse
>>> DateDataParser(languages=['es'], settings={'STRICT_PARSING':True}).get_date_data('A2').date_obj.strftime('%A %B %X %x')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'strftime'
>>> DateDataParser(languages=['es'], settings={'STRICT_PARSING':True}).get_date_data('2M').date_obj.strftime('%A %B %X %x')
'Wednesday September 14:43:57 09/28/22'
>>> DateDataParser(languages=['es'], settings={'STRICT_PARSING':True}).get_date_data('A2M').date_obj.strftime('%A %B %X %x')
'Wednesday September 14:44:14 09/28/22'

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by tracing DateDataParser.get_date_data() using the examples in the issue, comparing normal and STRICT_PARSING behavior. Determine where parsing decisions are made and what information should be exposed so users can understand why a gene symbol was interpreted as a date; done means the parsing process can be inspected without changing the resulting dates.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.