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# postcodes-norway: Access norwegian postcode data from Ruby.
# Copyright (C) 2015  Harald Eilertsen <haraldei@anduin.net>
#
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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#
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require 'uri'
require 'open-uri'

namespace :postcodes do
  desc "Fetch postcode database from Bring"
  task :fetch, [:data_path] do |t, args|
    args.with_defaults(:data_path => 'data')
    uri = URI.parse('http://www.bring.no/hele-bring/forside/_attachment/159761')
    filename = File.join(args.data_path, 'Postnummerregister_ansi.txt')
    puts "Downloading postcodes to: #{filename}..."
    IO.write(filename, uri.read)
  end
end