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+"""Module to fetch data.
+"""
+
+__authors__ = [
+  '"Madhusudan.C.S" <madhusudancs@gmail.com>',
+]
+
+
+import json
+
+
+def fetch_state_code(file_name):
+  """Fetch State Codes
+  """
+
+  fh = file(file_name)
+  states = {} 
+  for line in fh:
+    name, code = line.split('\t')
+    name = name.strip()
+    code = code.strip()
+    states[code] = name
+  print json.dumps(states, indent=4)
+
+def fetch_district_code(file_name, write_file):
+  """Fetch District Codes
+  """
+
+  fh = file(file_name)
+  districts = {}
+  for line in fh:
+    if line == '\n' or line[:4] == 'See ' or line[:4] == 'Code':
+      continue
+    if line[:6] == '[edit]':
+      state = line[6:].strip().split()[-1].strip('()')
+      continue 
+    district_line = line.split('\t')
+    code = '%s%s' % (state, district_line[0].strip())
+    name = district_line[1].strip()
+    districts[code] = name
+    if len(code) > 4:
+      print code, name
+  fh.close()
+  district_data = json.dumps(districts, indent=6)
+  fh = file(write_file, "w")
+  fh.write(district_data)
+  fh.close()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  import sys
+  if sys.argv[1] == 'fetch_state_code':
+    fetch_state_code(sys.argv[2])
+  if sys.argv[1] == 'fetch_district_code':
+    fetch_district_code(sys.argv[2], sys.argv[3])
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