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+
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: iso-8859-1 -*-
+
+import urllib.request
+from os import path, curdir
+import csv
+import re
+import os
+
+# PERMALINK : do not change without a reason
+ISTAT_DATA_URL = "https://www.istat.it/storage/codici-unita-amministrative/Elenco-comuni-italiani.csv"
+ISTAT_FILE_NAME = "Elenco-comuni-italiani.csv"
+ISTAT_FILE_PATH = path.join(curdir, ISTAT_FILE_NAME)
+
+COMUNI_FILE_NAME = "lista-comuni.js"
+COMUNI_FILE_PATH = path.join(curdir, 'src', COMUNI_FILE_NAME)
+
+PROVINCE_FILE_NAME = "lista-province.js"
+PROVINCE_FILE_PATH = path.join(curdir, 'src', PROVINCE_FILE_NAME)
+
+print('Scarico i dati...')
+urllib.request.urlretrieve(ISTAT_DATA_URL, ISTAT_FILE_PATH)
+
+print('Download completato')
+print('Lettura dei nuovi dati in corso')
+
+nuova_lista_comuni = []
+nuova_lista_province = []
+with open(ISTAT_FILE_PATH) as csvfile:
+    reader = csv.DictReader(csvfile, delimiter=';')
+    #next(reader, None)  #skip the header
+
+    for row in reader:
+        cod  = row['Codice Catastale del comune']
+        prov = row['Sigla automobilistica']
+        name = row["Denominazione in italiano"]
+        
+        
+        # Remove accents and use uppercase for comune's name
+        name = name.lower()
+
+        # Remove a the end of a word
+        name = re.compile(r"(à|á)(?=\s|$|-)").sub( "a'", name)
+        name = re.compile(r"(è|é)(?=\s|$|-)").sub( "e'", name)
+        name = re.compile(r"(ì|í)(?=\s|$|-)").sub( "i'", name)
+        name = re.compile(r"(ò|ó)(?=\s|$|-)").sub( "o'", name)
+        name = re.compile(r"(ù|ú)(?=\s|$|-)").sub( "u'", name)
+        
+        #Remove inside a word
+        name = name.translate(str.maketrans("àáâêèéìíôòóùúç","aaaeeeiiooouuc"))
+        
+        #make everything uppercase and remove empty spaces 
+        name = name.upper().strip()
+
+
+        nuova_lista_comuni.append([ cod, prov, name])
+
+print("Confronto i nuovi dati con quelli presenti")
+with open(COMUNI_FILE_PATH, 'r') as f:
+    txt = f.read()
+    txt = txt.replace("export const COMUNI = ", "")
+    lista_comuni = eval(txt)
+    for comune in lista_comuni:
+        del comune[3]
+
+with open(PROVINCE_FILE_PATH, 'r') as f:
+    txt = f.read()
+    txt = txt.replace("export const PROVINCE = ", "").replace(':', '":').replace(",\n",",\n\"").replace("{\n","{\n\"")
+    lista_province = eval(txt+"\n").keys()
+
+
+
+nuove_province = []
+nuovi_comuni = []
+for comune in nuova_lista_comuni:
+    if comune not in lista_comuni:
+        lista_comuni.append(comune)
+        nuovi_comuni.append(comune)
+    if comune[1] not in lista_province:
+        nuove_province.append(comune[1])
+
+
+for comune in lista_comuni:
+    if comune[:3] in nuova_lista_comuni:
+        try:
+            comune[3] = 1 
+        except:
+            comune.append(1)
+    else:
+        try:
+            comune[3] = 0  
+        except:
+            comune.append(0)
+
+nuove_province = list(set(nuove_province)) # Remove duplicates
+
+print(f"Trovati {len(nuovi_comuni)} nuovi comuni")
+print(f"Trovati {len(nuove_province)} nuove province")
+
+# Nuove province
+if len(nuove_province):
+    NUOVE_PROVINCE_FILE_NAME = "nuove_province.txt"
+    NUOVE_PROVINCE_FILE_PATH = path.join(curdir,  NUOVE_PROVINCE_FILE_NAME)
+    print(f"Le sigle delle nuove province sono salvate nel file {NUOVE_PROVINCE_FILE_NAME}")
+    with open(NUOVE_PROVINCE_FILE_PATH, 'w') as f:
+        for provincia in nuove_province:
+            print(provincia, file=f)
+        f.close()
+
+# Sorting
+comuni_txt = list(map(lambda x: "\r,\r".join([x[2],x[0],x[1],str(x[3])]), lista_comuni))
+comuni_txt.sort()
+
+with open(COMUNI_FILE_PATH,'w') as f:
+    f.write("export const COMUNI = [ ")
+    last_idx = len(comuni_txt) - 1 
+    for i, el in enumerate(comuni_txt):
+        comps = el.split("\r,\r")
+        if " * " in comps[0]:
+            comps[0] = comps[0].split(" * ")[0]
+        f.write(f"[\"{comps[1]}\",\"{comps[2]}\",\"{comps[0]}\",{comps[3]}]")
+        if i != last_idx:
+            f.write(",")
+        f.write("\n")
+    f.write("]")
+
+
+print(f"File {COMUNI_FILE_NAME} aggiornato")
+# Clean up
+os.remove(ISTAT_FILE_PATH)
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