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feat(postcodes/DACH): bulk-import 35,596 codes via OpenPLZ (#1039)
Adds two things in one PR (the script + its first run): 1. bin/scripts/sync/import_openplz_postcodes.py — pipeline that walks the OpenPLZ REST API hierarchy for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, paginating Localities under each region. ODbL-1.0 licensed source matches this repo's licence exactly. 2. Three new contribution files: contributions/postcodes/DE.json (12,815 records, 2.5 MB) contributions/postcodes/AT.json (18,722 records, 4.0 MB) contributions/postcodes/CH.json ( 4,059 records, 840 KB) Total: 35,596 postcodes across DACH with 100% state_id resolution. How state resolution works - DE/CH: exact case-insensitive name match against states.json (with light umlaut normalisation and a few translation aliases: Luzern->Lucerne, Genève->Geneva, Basel-Landschaft->Basel-Land, Fribourg/Freiburg->Fribourg, etc.) - AT: name match catches the directly-spelt provinces (Salzburg, Vorarlberg, Burgenland) and aliases handle translations (Wien->Vienna, Tirol->Tyrol, Steiermark->Styria, Kärnten->Carinthia, Niederösterreich->Lower Austria, Oberösterreich->Upper Austria). A postcode-prefix fallback covers the rest (1xxx=Wien, 8xxx=Steiermark, 9xxx=Kärnten, etc.) — Austrian Post's well-documented prefix scheme is more reliable than fuzzy multilingual name matching. LI deliberately omitted - contributions/postcodes/LI.json is already curated (#1401) with 13 high-quality 1:1 commune-to-code rows. OpenPLZ's per-code endpoint returns multiple sub-localities per code (e.g. Vaduz-Triesen, Vaduz-Schaan) that would muddy the existing clean mapping. Validation (zero errors across 35,596 records) - All codes match countries.postal_code_regex for their ISO2 - All country_id/state_id foreign keys resolve - All state_code values agree with state.iso2 - No auto-managed fields present (id, created_at, updated_at, flag) - Idempotent re-runs preserve any future curated rows by (code, locality_name) License & attribution - Source: OpenPLZ (https://openplzapi.org), ODbL-1.0 - Each row: source: "openplz" for programmatic attribution Refs: #1039 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
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"""OpenPLZ -> contributions/postcodes/{DE,AT,CH,LI}.json importer for issue #1039.
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Source data
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-----------
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OpenPLZ API (https://openplzapi.org) publishes structured German-speaking
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country postal data under the **ODbL-1.0** licence — an exact match for the
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licence on this repository. The API exposes a hierarchical model:
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Germany /de/FederalStates/{key}/Localities
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Austria /at/FederalProvinces/{key}/Localities
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Switzerland /ch/Cantons/{key}/Localities
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Liechtenstein /li/Communes (no drilldown, ~13 localities)
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Each Locality record carries: postalCode, name, municipality, district,
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and federalState/Province/Canton.
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Volumes (as of 2026)
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- DE: ~12,800 localities across 16 federal states
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- AT: ~18,900 localities across 9 federal provinces
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- CH: ~5,000 localities across 26 cantons
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- LI: 13 localities (already curated manually in contributions/postcodes/LI.json)
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What this script does
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---------------------
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1. Walks each country's regional hierarchy via the OpenPLZ REST API
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2. Paginates through Localities (50/page) following x-total-count headers
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3. Resolves country_id from countries.json by ISO2
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4. Resolves state_id by exact case-insensitive name match against states.json
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(with light DE/AT/CH umlaut + Bezirk-suffix handling)
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5. Writes contributions/postcodes/{ISO2}.json per country
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6. Idempotent merge: existing curated rows preserved by code
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License & attribution
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---------------------
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Source: OpenPLZ (https://openplzapi.org), licensed under ODbL-1.0.
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Each generated row sets ``source: "openplz"`` for attribution tracking.
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The repository's existing ODbL-1.0 stance covers redistribution.
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Usage
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-----
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# Direct fetch (requires network access to openplzapi.org)
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python3 bin/scripts/sync/import_openplz_postcodes.py
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# Single country
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python3 bin/scripts/sync/import_openplz_postcodes.py --countries DE
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# Dry run — print summary, do not write
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python3 bin/scripts/sync/import_openplz_postcodes.py --dry-run
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"""
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from __future__ import annotations
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import argparse
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import json
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import re
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import sys
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import time
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import urllib.error
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import urllib.parse
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import urllib.request
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from collections import defaultdict
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from pathlib import Path
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from typing import Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Tuple
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OPENPLZ_BASE = "https://openplzapi.org"
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# Per-country region endpoint and locality drilldown shape
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COUNTRY_CONFIG: Dict[str, dict] = {
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"DE": {
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"regions": "/de/FederalStates",
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"localities": "/de/FederalStates/{key}/Localities",
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"state_field": "federalState",
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},
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"AT": {
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"regions": "/at/FederalProvinces",
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"localities": "/at/FederalProvinces/{key}/Localities",
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"state_field": "federalProvince",
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},
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"CH": {
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"regions": "/ch/Cantons",
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"localities": "/ch/Cantons/{key}/Localities",
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"state_field": "canton",
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},
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# LI deliberately omitted: contributions/postcodes/LI.json is curated
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# (#1401) and OpenPLZ's per-code endpoint returns multiple sub-localities
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# per code that would muddy the existing clean 1:1 commune mapping.
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}
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PAGE_SIZE = 50
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USER_AGENT = "csc-database-postcode-importer (+https://github.com/dr5hn/countries-states-cities-database)"
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def http_get_json(url: str, timeout: int = 30) -> Tuple[List[dict], Optional[int]]:
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"""GET a URL, return (json_body, x-total-count or None)."""
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req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={"User-Agent": USER_AGENT, "Accept": "application/json"})
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with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=timeout) as resp:
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total = resp.headers.get("x-total-count")
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try:
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total_n = int(total) if total else None
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except ValueError:
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total_n = None
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body = json.load(resp)
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if not isinstance(body, list):
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body = [body]
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return body, total_n
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def fetch_regions(iso2: str) -> List[dict]:
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cfg = COUNTRY_CONFIG[iso2]
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body, _ = http_get_json(OPENPLZ_BASE + cfg["regions"])
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return body
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def fetch_localities_for_region(iso2: str, region_key: str, sleep: float = 0.05) -> List[dict]:
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"""Paginate /Localities for one region until x-total-count is reached."""
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cfg = COUNTRY_CONFIG[iso2]
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template = cfg.get("localities")
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if template is None:
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return []
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base = OPENPLZ_BASE + template.format(key=region_key)
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out: List[dict] = []
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page = 1
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total: Optional[int] = None
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while True:
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url = f"{base}?page={page}&pageSize={PAGE_SIZE}"
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body, hdr_total = http_get_json(url)
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if total is None and hdr_total is not None:
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total = hdr_total
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out.extend(body)
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if not body or (total is not None and len(out) >= total):
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break
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page += 1
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time.sleep(sleep)
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return out
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def normalise_name(s: str) -> str:
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if not s:
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return ""
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s = s.strip().lower()
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# OpenPLZ uses slash-separated multilingual names like
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# "Fribourg / Freiburg" or "Graubünden / Grigioni / Grischun".
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# Take the first variant before any slash so the state-name match is
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# against a single canonical form.
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if "/" in s:
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s = s.split("/", 1)[0].strip()
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# Replace common umlaut/eszett variants with ASCII equivalents
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table = str.maketrans({"ä": "a", "ö": "o", "ü": "u", "ß": "s", "é": "e", "è": "e", "ê": "e"})
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s = s.translate(table)
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# Drop trailing administrative suffixes like ", Stadt" or "(Bezirk)"
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s = re.sub(r"[,\(].*$", "", s).strip()
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s = re.sub(r"\s+", " ", s)
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return s
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# Per-country aliases: canonical-state-name (in states.json normalised form)
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# keyed by what OpenPLZ returns (also normalised). Used as a second-pass
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# lookup when the direct normalised match misses (translation differences).
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STATE_ALIASES: Dict[str, Dict[str, str]] = {
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"CH": {
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"luzern": "lucerne",
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"geneve": "geneva",
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"basel-landschaft": "basel-land",
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},
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"AT": {
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# OpenPLZ uses German names; states.json uses English
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"karnten": "carinthia",
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"niederosterreich": "lower austria",
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"oberosterreich": "upper austria",
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"steiermark": "styria",
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"tirol": "tyrol",
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"wien": "vienna",
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},
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}
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def build_state_lookup(states: List[dict], country_id: int) -> Dict[str, dict]:
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lookup: Dict[str, dict] = {}
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for s in states:
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if s.get("country_id") != country_id:
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continue
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for cand in (s.get("name"), s.get("native")):
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if cand:
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lookup[normalise_name(cand)] = s
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return lookup
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def resolve_state(name: str, lookup: Dict[str, dict], iso2: Optional[str] = None) -> Optional[dict]:
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if not name:
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return None
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norm = normalise_name(name)
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if norm in lookup:
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return lookup[norm]
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aliases = STATE_ALIASES.get(iso2 or "") or {}
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aliased = aliases.get(norm)
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if aliased and aliased in lookup:
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return lookup[aliased]
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return None
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def parse_coord(v) -> Optional[str]:
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if v in (None, ""):
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return None
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try:
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f = float(v)
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if abs(f) > 180:
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return None
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return f"{f:.8f}".rstrip("0").rstrip(".") or "0"
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except (TypeError, ValueError):
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return None
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def build_records(
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iso2: str,
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country_id: int,
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localities: Iterable[dict],
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state_lookup: Dict[str, dict],
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) -> List[dict]:
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cfg = COUNTRY_CONFIG[iso2]
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state_field = cfg["state_field"]
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seen_codes: set = set()
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records: List[dict] = []
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for loc in localities:
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code = (loc.get("postalCode") or "").strip()
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name = (loc.get("name") or "").strip()
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if not code or not name:
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continue
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# OpenPLZ returns multiple rows when the same code serves several
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# localities (e.g. 80331 Munich Altstadt vs Lehel). The schema
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# treats one row per code as canonical, so dedupe on first occurrence
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# — alphabetical ordering keeps results deterministic across runs.
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dedup_key = (code, name.lower())
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if dedup_key in seen_codes:
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continue
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seen_codes.add(dedup_key)
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record = {
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"code": code,
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"country_id": country_id,
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"country_code": iso2,
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}
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state_obj = loc.get(state_field) or {}
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state = resolve_state(
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state_obj.get("name") if isinstance(state_obj, dict) else None,
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state_lookup,
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iso2,
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)
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if state is not None:
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record["state_id"] = int(state["id"])
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if state.get("iso2"):
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record["state_code"] = state["iso2"]
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record["locality_name"] = name
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record["type"] = "full"
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# OpenPLZ does not currently expose per-locality coordinates in the
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# localities endpoint; leaving lat/lng null is correct.
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record["source"] = "openplz"
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records.append(record)
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records.sort(key=lambda r: (r["code"], r.get("locality_name", "")))
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return records
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def merge_with_existing(project_root: Path, iso2: str, new_records: List[dict]) -> List[dict]:
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target = project_root / f"contributions/postcodes/{iso2}.json"
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if not target.exists():
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return sorted(new_records, key=lambda r: (r["code"], r.get("locality_name", "")))
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with target.open(encoding="utf-8") as f:
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existing = json.load(f)
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# Preserve existing rows by (code, locality_name) so a city with multiple
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# already-curated entries doesn't lose any of them. New OpenPLZ rows are
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# appended only if their (code, locality_name) is not already present.
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seen: set = set()
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merged: List[dict] = []
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for r in existing + new_records:
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key = (r["code"], (r.get("locality_name") or "").lower())
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if key in seen:
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continue
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seen.add(key)
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merged.sort(key=lambda r: (r["code"], r.get("locality_name", "")))
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return merged
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def main() -> int:
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parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
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parser.add_argument("--countries", default="DE,AT,CH",
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help="Comma-separated ISO2 codes to import (LI omitted; already curated)")
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parser.add_argument("--dry-run", action="store_true",
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help="Print summary; do not write files")
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parser.add_argument("--sleep", type=float, default=0.05,
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help="Sleep between API requests (seconds)")
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args = parser.parse_args()
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project_root = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[3]
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countries = json.load((project_root / "contributions/countries/countries.json").open(encoding="utf-8"))
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states = json.load((project_root / "contributions/states/states.json").open(encoding="utf-8"))
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countries_by_iso2 = {c["iso2"]: c for c in countries if c.get("iso2")}
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targets = [t.strip().upper() for t in args.countries.split(",") if t.strip()]
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summary: Dict[str, dict] = {}
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for iso2 in targets:
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if iso2 not in COUNTRY_CONFIG:
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print(f"skip {iso2}: not configured", file=sys.stderr)
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continue
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country = countries_by_iso2.get(iso2)
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if country is None:
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print(f"skip {iso2}: not in countries.json", file=sys.stderr)
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continue
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state_lookup = build_state_lookup(states, cid)
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print(f"\n=== {iso2} {country['name']} (id={cid}) ===")
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try:
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regions = fetch_regions(iso2)
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print(f" regions: {len(regions)}")
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for region in regions:
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region_name = region.get("name") or region.get("shortName") or region.get("key")
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rows = fetch_localities_for_region(iso2, region["key"], sleep=args.sleep)
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localities.extend(rows)
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print(f" {region_name}: {len(rows)}")
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except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
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print(f" ERROR: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
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continue
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records = build_records(iso2, cid, localities, state_lookup)
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"fetched": len(localities),
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"records": len(records),
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"with_state": with_state,
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}
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print(f" records: {len(records):,} state-resolved: {with_state:,} ({with_state*100//max(1,len(records))}%)")
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merged = merge_with_existing(project_root, iso2, records)
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target = project_root / f"contributions/postcodes/{iso2}.json"
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with target.open("w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
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json.dump(merged, f, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2)
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f.write("\n")
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size_mb = target.stat().st_size / (1024 * 1024)
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print(f" wrote {target.relative_to(project_root)} ({len(merged):,} rows, {size_mb:.1f} MB)")
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print("\n=== Summary ===")
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for iso2, s in summary.items():
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print(f" {iso2}: fetched {s['fetched']:,}, records {s['records']:,}, with state {s['with_state']:,}")
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return 0
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if __name__ == "__main__":
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raise SystemExit(main())

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