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Using get_mta.py

Step 1

Save the get_mta.py file wherever you'd like to put your SQLite database (it will be called mta_data).

Step 2

In that directory, run

python get_mta.py "<pat>"

(Notice the "s) where <pat> is a regex pattern representing the weeks you'd like to grab from the mta website. If you don't type any <pat>, and just run python get_mta.py, it will default to pull data from the current month. For example, to pull data from the year 2021 (21) in the month of May (05), you'd run

python get_mta.py "2105"

Possible <pat> strings:

  • (default) the current month =
  • the 5th month of 2021 = "2105"
  • a few select months = "(2102|2103|2104|2105)"
  • all weeks from the year 2021 = "21"
  • the 1st month of each year* = "[0-9][0-9]01"

*This last one will take a while ...

Step 3

Access the saved mta_data.db file, and start working on your project.

Only run once! Otherwise, be careful! If there is any intersection between runs, you will have duplicated data, and you'll have to delete the mta_data.db file, and start over.