AP ELECTION LOADER

Relies on the NYT/NPR AP election loader to get results from the AP API. Demonstrates a method putting those results into a PostgreSQL database using the COPY method and the loader's CSV output.

Getting started

Install the software

git clone https://github.com/nprapps/ap-election-loader && cd ap-election-loader
mkvirtualenv ap-election-loader
pip install -r requirements.txt

Export environment variables

export AP_API_KEY=<your API key>

Bootstrap the database

This will create all tables and load initial data:

./bootstrap.sh

Update results

./update.sh