Bolton Council - Formatting Change

[andy149]

Name of Council

Bolton Council

Issue Information

Bolton Council have changed the formatting of the bin collection to add a bullet point to the data this appears to be causing issues with converting the string into a date

ValueError: time data '⯀Wednesday 31 July 2024' does not match format '%A %d %B %Y'

Example address : BL1 7RH
Number: 111
UPRN: 100010934150
URL: https://www.bolton.gov.uk/next-bin-collection

Log Data:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/update_coordinator.py", line 312, in _async_refresh
    self.data = await self._async_update_data()
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/config/custom_components/uk_bin_collection/sensor.py", line 139, in _async_update_data
    data = await self.hass.async_add_executor_job(self.ukbcd.run)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 58, in run
    result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/uk_bin_collection/uk_bin_collection/collect_data.py", line 101, in run
    return self.client_code(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/uk_bin_collection/uk_bin_collection/collect_data.py", line 121, in client_code
    return get_bin_data_class.template_method(address_url, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/uk_bin_collection/uk_bin_collection/get_bin_data.py", line 61, in template_method
    bin_data_dict = self.get_and_parse_data(this_url, **kwargs)
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/uk_bin_collection/uk_bin_collection/get_bin_data.py", line 84, in get_and_parse_data
    bin_data_dict = self.parse_data("", url=address_url, **kwargs)
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/uk_bin_collection/uk_bin_collection/councils/BoltonCouncil.py", line 83, in parse_data
    next_collection = datetime.strptime(d.text.strip(), "%A %d %B %Y")
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/_strptime.py", line 554, in _strptime_datetime
    tt, fraction, gmtoff_fraction = _strptime(data_string, format)
                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/_strptime.py", line 333, in _strptime
    raise ValueError("time data %r does not match format %r" %
ValueError: time data '⯀Wednesday 31 July 2024' does not match format '%A %d %B %Y'

Verification

• I searched for similar issues at https://github.com/robbrad/UKBinCollectionData/issues?q=is:issue and found no duplicates
• I have checked my address/postcode/UPRN works on the council's website
• I have provided a detailed explanation of the issue as well as steps to replicate the issue
• I understand that this project is run by volunteer contributors therefore completion of this issue cannot be guaranteed

[dp247]

I hate councils

[bobat-h]

I got someone from peopleperhour to fix this, here is his pull request.

#781

[robbrad]

FYI for all development approaches: #781 (comment)