Utils methods

olx.utils.city_name(city)

Creates valid OLX url city name

OLX city name can’t include polish characters, upper case letters. It also should replace white spaces with dashes.

Parameters:city (str) – City name not in OLX url format Returns:Valid OLX url city name Return type:str Example:

>> city_name(“Ruda Śląska”) “ruda-slaska”

olx.utils.flatten(container)

Flatten a list

Parameters:container (list) – list with nested lists Returns:list with elements that were nested in container Return type:list

olx.utils.get_content_for_url(url)

Connects with given url

If environmental variable DEBUG is True it will cache response for url in /var/temp directory

Parameters:url (str) – Website url Returns:Response for requested url

olx.utils.get_search_filter(filter_name, filter_value)

Generates url search filter

Parameters:

• filter_name (str) – Filter name in OLX format. See :meth:’olx.get_category’ for reference
• filter_value – Correct value for filter

Returns:

Percent-encoded url search filter

:rtype str

Example:

>> get_search_filter([filter_float_price:from], 2000) “search%5Bfilter_float_price%3Afrom%5D=2000”

olx.utils.get_url(main_category, sub_category, detail_category, region, page=None, **filters)

Creates url for given parameters

Parameters:

• main_category (str) – Main category
• sub_category (str) – Sub category
• detail_category (str) – Detail category
• region (str) – Region of search
• page (int) – Page number
• filters (dict) – Dictionary with additional filters. See :meth:’olx.get_category’ for reference

Returns:

Url for given parameters

Return type:

str

olx.utils.replace_all(text, input_dict)

Replace specific strings in string

Parameters:

• text (str) – string with strings to be replaced
• input_dict (dict) – dictionary with elements in format string: string to be replaced with

Returns:

String with replaced strings

Return type:

str