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Comment for why balance due not hashed #154

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7 changes: 7 additions & 0 deletions src/parser/__init__.py
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Expand Up @@ -171,6 +171,13 @@ def parse(self, county, case_number, test): #remove the test value here and just

# Adds a hash to the JSON file of the underlying HTML
body = case_soup.find("body")
"""
Why balance table is dropped before hashing:
The balance table is excluded from the hashing because
balance is updated as any costs are paid off. Otherwise,
the hash would change frequently and multiple versions
of the case would be captured that we don't want.
"""
balance_table = body.find_all("table")[-1]
if "Balance Due" in balance_table.text:
balance_table.decompose()
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