Hvordan udvikler antal underskrifter sig på Borgerforslag.dk?

På Twitter skrev Peter Brodersen:

Peters idé er sjov, synes jeg, så jeg er så småt begyndt at bygge et eller andet, der monitorerer hvordan antallet af underskrifter på borgerforslag udvikler sig over tid.

Så nu tygger min webserver sig igennem nedenstående script hvert 10. minut og gemmer det aktuelle antal underskrifter på hvert borgerforslag. Når der er gået nogle uger, vil jeg se om jeg kan lave nogle interessante visualiseringer af data. 

import requests
from datetime import datetime
import locale
import psycopg2
from psycopg2 import Error

### PREPARATION ###
# Locale is set to Danish to be able to parse dates from Borgerforslag
locale.setlocale(locale.LC_TIME, ('da_DK', 'UTF-8'))

# API url and request parameters
url = 'https://www.borgerforslag.dk/api/proposals/search'
suggestions_per_request = 300
params_json = {
	"filter": "active",
	"sortOrder": "NewestFirst",
	"searchQuery":"",
	"pageNumber":0,
	"pageSize": suggestions_per_request
}

# Connect to database
try:
	connection = psycopg2.connect(user = "",
									password = "",
									host = "",
									port = "",
									database = "")
	cursor = connection.cursor()
except (Exception, psycopg2.Error) as error:
	print ("Error while connecting to PostgreSQL", error)

now = datetime.utcnow()

# Insert into database function
def insert_suggestion_and_votes(connection, suggestion):
	with connection:
		with connection.cursor() as cur:
			try:
				# See if suggestion already exists
				sql = '''SELECT * FROM borgerforslag_suggestion WHERE unique_id = %s'''
				cur.execute(sql, (suggestion['externalId'],))
				suggestion_records = cur.fetchone()
				# If not, add suggestion
				if not suggestion_records:
					suggestion_data = (suggestion['externalId'],suggestion['title'],suggestion['date'],suggestion['url'],suggestion['status'])
					sql = '''INSERT INTO borgerforslag_suggestion(unique_id,title,suggested_date,url,status) VALUES(%s,%s,%s,%s,%s) RETURNING id'''
					cur.execute(sql, suggestion_data)
					id = cur.fetchone()[0]
				# If yes, get id
				else:
					id = suggestion_records[0]
			
				# Add votes
				sql = '''INSERT INTO borgerforslag_vote(suggestion_id,timestamp,votes)
				VALUES(%s,%s,%s)'''
				cur.execute(sql, (id,now,suggestion['votes']))
			except Error as e:
				print(e, suggestion)

# Loop preparation
requested_results = 0
number_of_results = requested_results + 1
number_of_loops = 0

# Loop to get suggestions and add them to database
while requested_results < number_of_results and number_of_loops < 10:
	response = requests.post(url, json=params_json)
	json_response = response.json()
	number_of_results = json_response['resultCount']
	requested_results += suggestions_per_request
	number_of_loops += 1
	params_json['pageNumber'] += 1
	for suggestion in json_response['data']:
		suggestion['date'] = datetime.strptime(suggestion['date'], '%d. %B %Y')	# convert date to datetime
		insert_suggestion_and_votes(connection, suggestion)