changed api retrieval to get desired property types first

backend/SearchEpc.py

@@ -425,10 +425,22 @@ class SearchEpc:
         :param property_type: The 'property-type' value to be used for filtering the EPC data.
         :return:
         """
+
+        property_type_api_map = {
+            "Bungalow": "bungalow",
+            "Flat": "flat",
+            "House": "house",
+            "Maisonette": "maisonette",
+            "Park Home": "park home",
+        }
+
         postcode = initial_postcode
         while postcode:
             # Fetch data from EPC API
-            epc_response = self.get_epc(params={"postcode": postcode}, size=100)
+            params = {"postcode": postcode}
+            if property_type:
+                params["property-type"] = property_type_api_map[property_type]
+            epc_response = self.get_epc(params=params, size=100)
 
             if epc_response["status"] == 200:
                 epc_data = pd.DataFrame(self.data["rows"])
@@ -460,8 +472,13 @@ class SearchEpc:
                         # missing, so we fill with 1
                         epc_data["weight"] = epc_data["weight"].fillna(1)
 
-                    epc_built_form = self._estimate_str(key="built-form", estimation_data=epc_data)
                     epc_property_type = self._estimate_str(key="property-type", estimation_data=epc_data)
+                    estimation_property_type = epc_property_type if property_type == "" else property_type
+
+                    epc_built_form = self._estimate_str(
+                        key="built-form",
+                        estimation_data=epc_data[epc_data["property-type"] == estimation_property_type]
+                    )
 
                     if built_form == "Semi-Detached" and epc_built_form in ["End-Terraced", "Mid-Terraced"]:
                         estimation_built_form = "End-Terraced"
@@ -470,10 +487,10 @@ class SearchEpc:
                     else:
                         estimation_built_form = built_form
 
-                    estimation_property_type = epc_property_type if property_type == "" else property_type
-
                     # We handle some edge cases experiences with maisonettes - if built form is detatched, just filter
                     # on maisonette
+                    # We also add some additional logic for bungalows, because they are far less common than other
+                    # property types
                     if (estimation_property_type == "Maisonette") & (
                         estimation_built_form in ["Detached", "Semi-Detached"]
                     ):
@@ -488,7 +505,7 @@ class SearchEpc:
                         return epc_data  # Return the filtered data if it's not empty
 
             # Shorten the postcode by one character for the next iteration
-            postcode = postcode[:-1]
+            postcode = postcode[:-1].rstrip()
 
         # If loop finishes without a valid response, raise an exception
         raise Exception("Unable to find postcode data after trimming - investigate me")

etl/testing_data/estimate_epc.py

@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ def app():
     avg_numeric_succes = results_df["numeric_success"].median()
     avg_categorical_sucess = results_df["categorical_success"].median()
 
+    # Before changing the search methodology: 0.7963985988175015, 0.5348837209302325
+
     # Group by tenure
     by_tenure = results_df.groupby("tenure").agg(
         {"numeric_success": "median", "categorical_success": "median", "uprn": "count"}