Census Tract Generator for random address

Installation

You can clone the repository via git

https://github.com/de-data-lab/census-tract-labels.git

To install all dependencies use requirements.txt to avoid any package conflicts The following command will install the packages according to the configuration file

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Example Run

List_of_addresse = []  
#create a class image  
class_copy = censusTractLabel(List_of_addresse)  
#run the method  
output = class_copy.census_tract_addresses()  
#the process the output list as you wish  

API

Run apy.py to start the API app.

python app.py

The app will be running at localhost:8000. The API entrypoint is localhost:8000/tracts. The entry point can accept an argument address in a string format.

For example, You can query the census tract inforamtion about the adress, 411 Legislative Ave, Dover, DE, by:

localhost:8000/tracts?address=411 Legislative Ave, Dover, DE

The results will look like this:

input addresses	:	411 Legislative Ave, Dover, DE
matched addresses	:	411 LEGISLATIVE AVE, DOVER, DE, 19901
lat	:	39.157505
lon	:	-75.52055
state	:	DE
county	:	Kent County
census tract	:	041300
block group	:	2
block	:	2016
FIPS	:	100010413002016
GEOID	:	10001041300

Deployment

The develoopment app is deployed at http://tractlabels.azurewebsites.net/

It may take time to start-up the instance.

Queries like this works: http://tractlabels.azurewebsites.net/tracts?address=411%20Legislative%20Ave,%20Dover,%20DE