capcat.core.date_extractor

File: Application/capcat/core/date_extractor.py

Description

Extract publication dates from HTML pages. No network calls.

Functions

extract_publish_date

def extract_publish_date(soup: BeautifulSoup) -> Optional[str]

Extract publication date from parsed HTML.

Priority:

1. JSON-LD datePublished
3. First element

Args: soup: Already-parsed BeautifulSoup object. No HTTP requests made.

Returns: ISO date string or None if no date found.

Parameters:

• soup (BeautifulSoup)

Returns: Optional[str]

_extract_from_json_ld

def _extract_from_json_ld(data) -> Optional[str]

Extract datePublished from JSON-LD data (dict or list).

Parameters:

• data

Returns: Optional[str]