imsciences 0.6.3.0__py3-none-any.whl → 0.6.3.2__py3-none-any.whl

imsciences/datafunctions.py

@@ -6,20 +6,19 @@ import plotly.graph_objs as go
 import numpy as np
 import datetime
 import re
-import pandas as pd
 from fredapi import Fred
 import time
-from datetime import datetime,timedelta
-from cif import cif
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta  # noqa: F811
 from io import StringIO
 import urllib
-import requests_cache
-import urllib.request
+import requests_cache  # noqa: F401
+import urllib.request  # noqa: F401
 import requests
-from geopy.geocoders import Nominatim
+from geopy.geocoders import Nominatim  # noqa: F401
 import subprocess
 import json
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 
 class dataprocessing:
     
@@ -391,7 +390,7 @@ class dataprocessing:
                 # Divide each numeric value by the number of days in the month
                 for col in df.columns:
                     if pd.api.types.is_numeric_dtype(df[col]) and col != date_column:
-                        if divide == True:
+                        if divide is True:
                             daily_row[col] = row[col] / num_days
                         else: 
                             daily_row[col] = row[col]
@@ -678,7 +677,7 @@ class dataprocessing:
 
         return combined_df
     
-    def pivot_table(self, df, index_col, columns, values_col, filters_dict=None, fill_value=0, aggfunc='sum', margins=False, margins_name="Total", datetime_trans_needed=True, reverse_header_order=False,fill_missing_weekly_dates=False,week_commencing='W-MON'):
+    def pivot_table(self, df, index_col, columns, values_col, filters_dict=None, fill_value=0, aggfunc="sum", margins=False, margins_name="Total", datetime_trans_needed=True, date_format="%Y-%m-%d", reverse_header_order=False, fill_missing_weekly_dates=False, week_commencing="W-MON"):       
         """
         Provides the ability to create pivot tables, filtering the data to get to data you want and then pivoting on certain columns
 
@@ -701,53 +700,57 @@ class dataprocessing:
             pandas.DataFrame: The pivot table specified
         """
         
-        # Create the filtered df by applying the conditions
-        if filters_dict is None:
-            df_filtered = df
-        else:
+        # Validate inputs
+        if index_col not in df.columns:
+            raise ValueError(f"index_col '{index_col}' not found in DataFrame.")
+        if columns not in df.columns:
+            raise ValueError(f"columns '{columns}' not found in DataFrame.")
+        if values_col not in df.columns:
+            raise ValueError(f"values_col '{values_col}' not found in DataFrame.")
+
+        # Apply filters if provided
+        if filters_dict:
             df_filtered = self.filter_df_on_multiple_conditions(df, filters_dict)
-        
-        # Ensure index column is in datetime format for proper sorting
-        df_filtered = df_filtered.copy()
-        
-        # If datetime transformation is needed
+        else:
+            df_filtered = df.copy()
+
+        # Ensure index column is in datetime format if needed
         if datetime_trans_needed:
             df_filtered[index_col] = pd.to_datetime(df_filtered[index_col], dayfirst=True)
-        
+
         # Create the pivot table
-        pivoted_df = df_filtered.pivot_table(index=index_col, columns=columns, values=values_col, aggfunc=aggfunc, margins=margins, margins_name=margins_name)
-            
-        # Handling MultiIndex columns if present, making them a flat structure
-        if not reverse_header_order:
-            if isinstance(pivoted_df.columns, pd.MultiIndex):
-                pivoted_df.columns = ['_'.join(map(str, col)).strip() for col in pivoted_df.columns.values]
-            else:
-                pivoted_df.columns = pivoted_df.columns.map(str)
+        pivoted_df = df_filtered.pivot_table(
+            index=index_col,
+            columns=columns,
+            values=values_col,
+            aggfunc=aggfunc,
+            margins=margins,
+            margins_name=margins_name,
+        )
+
+        # Handle column headers
+        if isinstance(pivoted_df.columns, pd.MultiIndex):
+            pivoted_df.columns = [
+                "_".join(reversed(map(str, col)) if reverse_header_order else map(str, col))
+                for col in pivoted_df.columns.values
+            ]
         else:
-            if isinstance(pivoted_df.columns, pd.MultiIndex):
-                # Reorder the MultiIndex columns
-                pivoted_df.columns = ['_'.join(reversed(list(map(str, col)))).strip() for col in pivoted_df.columns.values]
-            else:
-                pivoted_df.columns = pivoted_df.columns.map(str)
-                # Reverse the order for single index columns
-                pivoted_df.columns = ['_'.join(reversed(col.split('_'))).strip() for col in pivoted_df.columns]
-        
-        # Reset the pivot before returning
-        pivoted_df = pivoted_df.reset_index()
-        
-        # Sort by index column from oldest to newest
+            pivoted_df.columns = pivoted_df.columns.map(str)
+
+        # Reset the index
+        pivoted_df.reset_index(inplace=True)
+
+        # Handle sorting and formatting of index column
         if datetime_trans_needed:
-            pivoted_df[index_col] = pd.to_datetime(pivoted_df[index_col])  # Ensure sorting works correctly
-            pivoted_df = pivoted_df.sort_values(by=index_col)
-            
-            # Convert index column back to a string in YYYY-MM-DD format for display purposes
-            pivoted_df[index_col] = pivoted_df[index_col].dt.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
-        
-        # Fill in any NaNs
-        pivoted_df = pivoted_df.fillna(fill_value)
-        
-        # If there is a need to fill in missing weeks
-        if fill_missing_weekly_dates == True:
+            pivoted_df[index_col] = pd.to_datetime(pivoted_df[index_col], errors="coerce")
+            pivoted_df.sort_values(by=index_col, inplace=True)
+            pivoted_df[index_col] = pivoted_df[index_col].dt.strftime(date_format)
+
+        # Fill missing values
+        pivoted_df.fillna(fill_value, inplace=True)
+
+        # Fill missing weekly dates if specified
+        if fill_missing_weekly_dates:
             pivoted_df = self.fill_weekly_date_range(pivoted_df, index_col, freq=week_commencing)
 
         return pivoted_df
@@ -983,7 +986,7 @@ class dataprocessing:
 
         return df
     
-    def keyword_lookup_replacement(self, df, col, replacement_rows, cols_to_merge, replacement_lookup_dict,output_column_name="Updated Column"):
+    def keyword_lookup_replacement(self, df, col, replacement_rows, cols_to_merge, replacement_lookup_dict, output_column_name="Updated Column"):
         """
         This function updates values in a specified column of the DataFrame based on a lookup dictionary.
         It first merges several columns into a new 'Merged' column, then uses this merged column to determine
@@ -1000,8 +1003,10 @@ class dataprocessing:
         Returns:
         pd.DataFrame: The modified DataFrame with updated values in the specified column.
         """
+        # Create a merged column from specified columns
         df["Merged"] = df[cols_to_merge].apply(lambda row: '|'.join(row.values.astype(str)), axis=1)
         
+        # Replace values in the specified column based on the lookup
         def replace_values(x):
             if x[col] == replacement_rows:
                 merged_value = x['Merged']  
@@ -1009,10 +1014,14 @@ class dataprocessing:
                     return replacement_lookup_dict[merged_value]
             return x[col]
         
+        # Apply replacement logic
         df[output_column_name] = df.apply(replace_values, axis=1)
         
+        # Drop the intermediate 'Merged' column
+        df.drop(columns=['Merged'], inplace=True)
+        
         return df
-    
+
     def create_new_version_of_col_using_LUT(self, df, keys_col,value_col, dict_for_specific_changes, new_col_name="New Version of Old Col"):
         """
         Creates a new column in a dataframe, which takes an old column and uses a lookup table to changes values in the new column to reflect the lookup table. 
@@ -1049,35 +1058,38 @@ class dataprocessing:
         
         return df_final
     
-    def convert_df_wide_2_long(self, df,value_cols,variable_col_name='Stacked',value_col_name='Value'):
+    def convert_df_wide_2_long(self, df, value_cols, variable_col_name='Stacked', value_col_name='Value'):
         """
         Changes a dataframe from wide to long format.
 
         Args:
             df (pandas.DataFrame): The DataFrame containing the data.
-            value_cols (list of str or str if only one): list of column names which are to be transformed from several columns into one.
-            variable_col_name (str, optional): Name of new variables column, which contains the names of the columns which have been stacked into one. Defaults to 'Stacked'.
-            value_col_name (str, optional): Name of the new value column which contains all the data from the stacked columns. Defaults to 'Value'.
+            value_cols (list of str or str if only one): List of column names to transform from several columns into one.
+            variable_col_name (str, optional): Name of the new variable column containing the original column names. Defaults to 'Stacked'.
+            value_col_name (str, optional): Name of the new value column containing the data from stacked columns. Defaults to 'Value'.
 
         Returns:
-            pandas.DataFrame:: Returns dataframe transformed from long to wide.
-            
+            pandas.DataFrame: DataFrame transformed from wide to long format.
+
         Raises:
-            ValueError: If number of column names to be depivoted is less than 2, then this function is not neccesary.
+            ValueError: If the number of columns to depivot is less than 2.
         """
-        
-        # Check length of value cols is greater than 1
+        # Check length of value_cols is greater than 1
         if len(value_cols) < 2:
             raise ValueError("Number of inputs in list must be greater than 1")
-        
+
         # Find the columns that are not to be depivoted into one column
-        id_vars = list(set(df.columns.tolist()) - set(value_cols))
-        
+        id_vars = [col for col in df.columns if col not in value_cols]  # Preserve column order in the DataFrame
+
         # Melt all columns chosen into one column
-        df_final = pd.melt(df, id_vars,value_cols,var_name=variable_col_name,value_name=value_col_name)
-        
+        df_final = pd.melt(df, id_vars=id_vars, value_vars=value_cols, var_name=variable_col_name, value_name=value_col_name)
+
+        # Sort column order to match expected output
+        ordered_columns = id_vars + [variable_col_name, value_col_name]
+        df_final = df_final[ordered_columns]
+
         return df_final
-    
+
     def manually_edit_data(self, df, filters_dict, col_to_change, new_value, change_in_existing_df_col="No", new_col_to_change_name='New', manual_edit_col_name=None, add_notes="No", existing_note_col_name=None, note=None):
         """
         Allows the capability to manually update any cell in dataframe by applying filters and chosing a column to edit in dataframe
@@ -1102,18 +1114,24 @@ class dataprocessing:
         Returns:
             pandas.DataFrame: Dataframe with manual changes added
         """
+ 
         # Raise type error if more than one col is supported
         if isinstance(col_to_change, list):
             raise TypeError("Col to change must be specified as a string, not a list")
-        
+
         # Raises value error if input is invalid for change_in_existing_df_col
         if change_in_existing_df_col not in ["Yes", "No"]:
             raise ValueError("Invalid input value for change_in_existing_df_col. Allowed values are: ['Yes', 'No']")
-        
+
         # Raises value error if input is invalid for add_notes_col
         if add_notes not in ["Yes", "No"]:
             raise ValueError("Invalid input value for add_notes. Allowed values are: ['Yes', 'No']")
 
+        # Validate filters_dict format
+        for col, cond in filters_dict.items():
+            if not isinstance(cond, str) or len(cond.split(maxsplit=1)) < 2:
+                raise ValueError(f"Invalid filter condition for column '{col}': '{cond}'. Expected format: 'operator value'")
+
         # Create the filtered df by applying the conditions
         df_filtered = self.filter_df_on_multiple_conditions(df, filters_dict)
 
@@ -1122,7 +1140,7 @@ class dataprocessing:
         if change_in_existing_df_col == "No" and new_col_to_change_name not in df.columns:
             df = df.copy()
             df[new_col_to_change_name] = df[col_to_change]
-            
+
         # Update the new cell in the chosen column
         df.loc[df_filtered.index, col_to_update] = new_value
 
@@ -1146,32 +1164,32 @@ class dataprocessing:
     
     def format_numbers_with_commas(self, df, decimal_length_chosen=2):
         """
-        Converts data in numerical format into numbers with commas and a chosen decimal place length
+        Converts data in numerical format into numbers with commas and a chosen decimal place length.
 
         Args:
             df (pandas.DataFrame): The DataFrame containing the data.
-            decimal_length_chosen (int, optional): _description_. Defaults to 2.
-            
+            decimal_length_chosen (int, optional): Number of decimal places. Defaults to 2.
+
         Returns:
-            pandas.DataFrame: The dataframe with the chosen updated format
+            pandas.DataFrame: The DataFrame with the chosen updated format.
         """
         def format_number_with_commas(x, decimal_length=decimal_length_chosen):
-            if isinstance(x, (int, float)):
+            if pd.isna(x):  # Preserve None/NaN values
+                return pd.NA  # Explicitly normalize to pd.NA
+            elif isinstance(x, (int, float)):
                 if decimal_length is not None:
-                    format_str = "{:,.{}f}".format(x, decimal_length)
-                    formatted_number = format_str.format(x)
+                    format_str = f"{{:,.{decimal_length}f}}"
+                    return format_str.format(x)
                 else:
-                    formatted_number = "{:,}".format(x)
-                return formatted_number
+                    return f"{x:,}"
             else:
                 return x  # Return unchanged if not a number
 
-
-        # Apply the function across several columns using applymap()
-        formatted_df = df.applymap(format_number_with_commas)
+        # Apply formatting column by column
+        formatted_df = df.apply(lambda col: col.map(format_number_with_commas)).fillna(value=pd.NA)
 
         return formatted_df
-    
+        
     def filter_df_on_multiple_conditions(self, df, filters_dict):
         """
         Filter a dataframe based on mulitple conditions
@@ -1269,7 +1287,6 @@ class dataprocessing:
         """
 
         #This line removes zero values from given column
-            
             return data_frame.loc[~(data_frame[column_to_filter] ==0)]
 
     def upgrade_outdated_packages(self):
@@ -1392,10 +1409,10 @@ class dataprocessing:
         Returns:
         pd.DataFrame: The modified DataFrame with dummies applied and optional total column.
         """
-    
+
         # If there is no date column
         if date_col is None:
-            df = df.applymap(lambda x: 1 if x > dummy_threshold else 0)
+            df = df.apply(lambda col: col.map(lambda x: 1 if x > dummy_threshold else 0))
 
             if add_total_dummy_col != 'No':
                 # Find max value of rows
@@ -1403,8 +1420,10 @@ class dataprocessing:
 
         # If there is a date column
         else:
-            # Create dummies
-            df.loc[:, df.columns != date_col] = df.loc[:, df.columns != date_col].applymap(lambda x: 1 if x > dummy_threshold else 0)
+            # Create dummies for all columns except the date column
+            df.loc[:, df.columns != date_col] = df.loc[:, df.columns != date_col].apply(
+                lambda col: col.map(lambda x: 1 if x > dummy_threshold else 0)
+            )
 
             if add_total_dummy_col != 'No':
                 # Find max value of rows
@@ -1427,7 +1446,6 @@ class dataprocessing:
         Returns:
         pd.DataFrame: The DataFrame with the specified replacements made, and optionally with lowercase strings.
         """
-        
         if new_column is not None:
             # Create a new column for replacements
             df[new_column] = df[column]
@@ -1435,15 +1453,15 @@ class dataprocessing:
         else:
             # Modify the existing column
             temp_column = column
-        
-        # Apply substring replacements
-        for old, new in replacements.items():
-            df[temp_column] = df[temp_column].str.replace(old, new, regex=False)
-        
+
         # Optionally convert to lowercase
         if to_lower:
             df[temp_column] = df[temp_column].str.lower()
-        
+
+        # Apply substring replacements
+        for old, new in replacements.items():
+            df[temp_column] = df[temp_column].str.replace(old, new, regex=False)
+
         return df
 
     def add_total_column(self, df, exclude_col=None, total_col_name='Total'):
@@ -1458,11 +1476,11 @@ class dataprocessing:
         Returns:
         pd.DataFrame: The DataFrame with an added total column.
         """
-        # If exclude_col is provided, drop that column before summing
-        if exclude_col:
-            df[total_col_name] = df.drop(columns=[exclude_col]).sum(axis=1)
+        if exclude_col and exclude_col in df.columns:
+            # Ensure the column to exclude exists before dropping
+            df[total_col_name] = df.drop(columns=[exclude_col], errors='ignore').sum(axis=1)
         else:
-            # Sum across all columns if exclude_col is not provided
+            # Sum across all columns if no column is specified to exclude
             df[total_col_name] = df.sum(axis=1)
         
         return df
@@ -1502,7 +1520,7 @@ class dataprocessing:
         df[new_col_name] = df[column_name].apply(categorize_text)
         return df
 
-    def compare_overlap(self,df1, df2, date_col):
+    def compare_overlap(self, df1, df2, date_col):
         """
         Compare overlapping periods between two DataFrames and provide a summary of total differences.
 
@@ -1517,64 +1535,70 @@ class dataprocessing:
         # Ensure date columns are in datetime format
         df1[date_col] = pd.to_datetime(df1[date_col])
         df2[date_col] = pd.to_datetime(df2[date_col])
-        
+
         # Determine the overlap period
         start_date = max(df1[date_col].min(), df2[date_col].min())
         end_date = min(df1[date_col].max(), df2[date_col].max())
-        
-        # Filter dataframes to the overlapping period
+
+        # Filter DataFrames to the overlapping period
         df1_overlap = df1[(df1[date_col] >= start_date) & (df1[date_col] <= end_date)]
         df2_overlap = df2[(df2[date_col] >= start_date) & (df2[date_col] <= end_date)]
-        
-        # Merge the dataframes on the date column to align data for comparison
+
+        # Merge the DataFrames on the date column
         merged_df = pd.merge(df1_overlap, df2_overlap, on=date_col, suffixes=('_df1', '_df2'))
-        
-        # Get the common columns between the two DataFrames, excluding the date column
+
+        # Get common columns, excluding the date column
         common_cols = [col for col in df1.columns if col != date_col and col in df2.columns]
-        
-        # Initialize a list to collect total differences for each column
+
+        # Create a DataFrame for differences
+        diff_df = pd.DataFrame({date_col: merged_df[date_col]})
+
         total_diff_list = []
-        
-        # Create a DataFrame for the differences
-        diff_df = pd.DataFrame({date_col: merged_df[date_col]})  # Initialize diff_df with the date column
-        
         for col in common_cols:
-            # Calculate the difference for each row
             diff_col = f'diff_{col}'
-            diff_df[diff_col] = merged_df[f'{col}_df1'] - merged_df[f'{col}_df2']
-            
-            # Calculate the total difference for the column and add it to the list
+            diff_df[diff_col] = merged_df[f'{col}_df1'] - merged_df[f'{col}_df2']  # Corrected subtraction order
+
+            # Sum differences for the column
             total_diff = diff_df[diff_col].sum()
             total_diff_list.append({'Column': col, 'Total Difference': total_diff})
-        
-        # Create a DataFrame for the summary of total differences
+
+        # Create summary DataFrame
         total_diff_df = pd.DataFrame(total_diff_list)
-        
-        # Apply formatting to the numerical columns
-        float_format = "{:,.2f}".format  # Format to 2 decimal places with comma as thousand separator
-        diff_df.iloc[:, 1:] = diff_df.iloc[:, 1:].applymap(float_format)
-        total_diff_df['Total Difference'] = total_diff_df['Total Difference'].apply(float_format)
-        
+
         return diff_df, total_diff_df
-    
-    def week_commencing_2_week_commencing_conversion(self,df,date_col,week_commencing='sun'):
+
+    def week_commencing_2_week_commencing_conversion_isoweekday(self, df, date_col, week_commencing='mon'):
         """
-        Convert week commencing column in a DataFrame to the start of another day specified.
+        Convert a DataFrame's date column so that each date is mapped back
+        to the 'week_commencing' day of the *current ISO week*.
 
         Args:
-            df (pandas.DataFrame): The DataFrame containing the date-based data.
-            date_col (str): The name of the date column in the DataFrame.
-            week_commencing (str, optional): The day of the week that the week starts on ('sun' for Sunday, 'mon' for Monday, etc.). Defaults to 'sun'.
+            df (pandas.DataFrame): The DataFrame with date-based data.
+            date_col (str): The name of the date column.
+            week_commencing (str): The desired start of the week. 
+                ('mon'=Monday, 'tue'=Tuesday, ..., 'sun'=Sunday).
+                Uses ISO day numbering (Mon=1, ..., Sun=7).
 
         Returns:
-            pandas.DataFrame: The original DataFrame with an additional column indicating the start of the week.
+            pandas.DataFrame: Original DataFrame with an extra column
+                            'week_start_<week_commencing>' containing the
+                            start-of-week date for each row.
         """
-        # Week commencing dictionary
-        day_dict = {"mon": 0, "tue": 1, "wed": 2, "thur": 3, "fri": 4, "sat": 5, "sun": 6}
-        df['week_start_'+ week_commencing] = df[date_col].apply(lambda x: x - pd.Timedelta(days=(x.weekday() - day_dict[week_commencing]) % 7))
+        # ISO-based dictionary: Monday=1, Tuesday=2, ..., Sunday=7
+        iso_day_dict = {"mon": 1, "tue": 2, "wed": 3, "thur": 4, "fri": 5, "sat": 6, "sun": 7}
+
+        target_day = iso_day_dict[week_commencing]
+
+        def map_to_week_start(date_val):
+            delta = (date_val.isoweekday() - target_day) % 7
+            return date_val - pd.Timedelta(days=delta)
+
+        # Apply the transformation
+        new_col = f"week_start_{week_commencing}"
+        df[new_col] = df[date_col].apply(map_to_week_start)
         
         return df
-    
+
     def plot_chart(self, df, date_col, value_cols, chart_type='line', title='Chart', x_title='Date', y_title='Values', **kwargs):
         """
         Plot various types of charts using Plotly.
@@ -1738,10 +1762,6 @@ class dataprocessing:
             fig = self.plot_two(df1, col1, df2, col2, date_column, same_axis=same_axis)
             figs.append(fig)
         
-        # Show all the figures
-        for fig in figs:
-            fig.show()
-        
         return figs
     
 ########################################################################################################################################
@@ -1799,15 +1819,10 @@ class datapull:
         print("   - Description: Fetch and process historical weather data for the specified country.")
         print("   - Usage: pull_weather(week_commencing, country)")
         print("   - Example: pull_weather('mon', 'GBR')")
-
-        print("\n8. pull_covid_data")
-        print("   - Description: Get covid pandemic data for the country of interest.")
-        print("   - Usage: pull_covid_data(folder_path, country, week_commencing)")
-        print("   - Example: pull_covid_data('C:/Users/--username--/OneDrive/', 'GB', 'mon')")
     
     ###############################################################  MACRO ##########################################################################
 
-    def pull_fred_data(self, week_commencing: str = 'mon', series_id_list: list[str] = ["GPDIC1", "Y057RX1Q020SBEA", "GCEC1", "ND000333Q", "Y006RX1Q020SBEA"]) -> pd.DataFrame:
+    def pull_fred_data(self, week_commencing: str = 'mon', series_id_list: list[str] = ["GPDIC1", "Y057RX1Q020SBEA", "GCEC1"]) -> pd.DataFrame:
         '''
         Parameters
         ----------
@@ -1816,7 +1831,7 @@ class datapull:
 
         series_id_list : list[str]
             provide a list with IDs to download data series from FRED (link: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/tags/series?t=id). Default list is 
-            ["GPDIC1", "Y057RX1Q020SBEA", "GCEC1", "ND000333Q", "Y006RX1Q020SBEA"]
+            ["GPDIC1", "Y057RX1Q020SBEA", "GCEC1"]
         
         Returns
         ----------
@@ -1868,68 +1883,81 @@ class datapull:
 
         return fred_df_final
     
-    def pull_boe_data(self, week_commencing="mon", max_retries=30, delay=5):
+    def pull_boe_data(self, week_commencing="mon", max_retries=5, delay=5):
         """
         Fetch and process Bank of England interest rate data.
 
         Args:
-            week_commencing (str): The starting day of the week for aggregation. 
-                                Options are "mon", "tue", "wed", "thur", "fri", "sat", "sun". 
-                                Default is "sun".
-            max_retries (int): Maximum number of retries to fetch data in case of failure. Default is 30.
+            week_commencing (str): The starting day of the week for aggregation.
+                                Options are "mon", "tue", "wed", "thur", "fri", "sat", "sun".
+                                Default is "mon".
+            max_retries (int): Maximum number of retries to fetch data in case of failure. Default is 5.
             delay (int): Delay in seconds between retry attempts. Default is 5.
 
         Returns:
-            pd.DataFrame: A DataFrame with weekly aggregated Bank of England interest rates. 
-                        The 'OBS' column contains the week commencing dates in 'dd/mm/yyyy' format 
+            pd.DataFrame: A DataFrame with weekly aggregated Bank of England interest rates.
+                        The 'OBS' column contains the week commencing dates in 'dd/mm/yyyy' format
                         and 'macro_boe_intr_rate' contains the average interest rate for the week.
         """
         # Week commencing dictionary
         day_dict = {"mon": 0, "tue": 1, "wed": 2, "thur": 3, "fri": 4, "sat": 5, "sun": 6}
-        
-        # Function to fetch the data with retries
-        def fetch_data_with_retries(url, max_retries, delay):
-            for attempt in range(max_retries):
-                try:
-                    html_table = pd.read_html(url)[0]
-                    return html_table
-                except Exception as e:
-                    print(f"Attempt {attempt + 1} failed: {e}")
-                    if attempt < max_retries - 1:
-                        time.sleep(delay)
-                    else:
-                        raise
-        
-        # Import HTML data from Bank of England rate
+
+        # URL of the Bank of England data page
         url = 'https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/boeapps/database/Bank-Rate.asp'
-        html_table = fetch_data_with_retries(url, max_retries, delay)
-        
-        df = pd.DataFrame(html_table)
+
+        # Retry logic for HTTP request
+        for attempt in range(max_retries):
+            try:
+                # Set up headers to mimic a browser request
+                headers = {
+                    "User-Agent": (
+                        "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) "
+                        "Chrome/91.0.4472.124 Safari/537.36"
+                    )
+                }
+                response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
+                response.raise_for_status()  # Raise an exception for HTTP errors
+                break
+            except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
+                print(f"Attempt {attempt + 1} failed: {e}")
+                if attempt < max_retries - 1:
+                    time.sleep(delay)
+                else:
+                    raise
+
+        # Parse the HTML page
+        soup = BeautifulSoup(response.content, "html.parser")
+
+        # Find the table on the page
+        table = soup.find("table")  # Locate the first table
+        table_html = str(table)  # Convert table to string
+        df = pd.read_html(StringIO(table_html))[0]  # Use StringIO to wrap the table HTML
+
+        # Rename and clean up columns
         df.rename(columns={"Date Changed": "OBS", "Rate": "macro_boe_intr_rate"}, inplace=True)
-        
-        # Change date column to datetime and find the corresponding week to the date
         df["OBS"] = pd.to_datetime(df["OBS"], format="%d %b %y")
-        df.sort_values("OBS", axis=0, inplace=True)
-        
-        # Create a daily date range and find the week commencing for that day
-        date_range = pd.date_range(df["OBS"].iloc[0], datetime.today(), freq="d")
+        df.sort_values("OBS", inplace=True)
+
+        # Create a daily date range
+        date_range = pd.date_range(df["OBS"].min(), datetime.today(), freq="D")
         df_daily = pd.DataFrame(date_range, columns=["OBS"])
-        
+
         # Adjust each date to the specified week commencing day
-        df_daily['Week_Commencing'] = df_daily["OBS"].apply(lambda x: x - pd.Timedelta(days=(x.weekday() - day_dict[week_commencing]) % 7))
-        
-        # Outer merge the daily date range on the boe dataframe and forward fill in the blanks
-        df_final = df_daily.merge(df, on='OBS', how="left")
-        df_final["macro_boe_intr_rate"].ffill(inplace=True)
-        
-        # Group by the week start date and get the mean of the interest rates for each week
-        df_final = df_final.groupby('Week_Commencing')['macro_boe_intr_rate'].mean().reset_index()
-        
-        df_final['Week_Commencing'] = df_final['Week_Commencing'].dt.strftime('%d/%m/%Y')
-        df_final.rename(columns={'Week_Commencing': 'OBS'}, inplace=True)
-        
-        return df_final
+        df_daily["Week_Commencing"] = df_daily["OBS"].apply(
+            lambda x: x - timedelta(days=(x.weekday() - day_dict[week_commencing]) % 7)
+        )
+
+        # Merge and forward-fill missing rates
+        df_daily = df_daily.merge(df, on="OBS", how="left")
+        df_daily["macro_boe_intr_rate"] = df_daily["macro_boe_intr_rate"].ffill()
+
+        # Group by week commencing and calculate the average rate
+        df_final = df_daily.groupby("Week_Commencing")["macro_boe_intr_rate"].mean().reset_index()
+        df_final["Week_Commencing"] = df_final["Week_Commencing"].dt.strftime('%d/%m/%Y')
+        df_final.rename(columns={"Week_Commencing": "OBS"}, inplace=True)
 
+        return df_final
+    
     def pull_ons_data(self, series_list, week_commencing):
         """
         Fetch and process time series data from the ONS API.
@@ -2108,7 +2136,7 @@ class datapull:
                     break
             
             # get data for the next variable if url doesn't exist
-            if url_test == False:
+            if url_test is False:
                 continue
 
             root = ET.fromstring(data_response.content)
@@ -2173,7 +2201,7 @@ class datapull:
 
         return oecd_df_final
     
-    def get_google_mobility_data(self, country: str, wc: str) -> pd.DataFrame:
+    def get_google_mobility_data(self, country="United Kingdom", wc="mon") -> pd.DataFrame:
         """
         Fetch Google Mobility data for the specified country.
         
@@ -2193,7 +2221,7 @@ class datapull:
         
         # Load the CSV file into a pandas DataFrame
         csv_data = StringIO(response.text)
-        df = pd.read_csv(csv_data)
+        df = pd.read_csv(csv_data, low_memory=False)
         
         # Filter the DataFrame for the specified country
         country_df = df[df['country_region'] == country]
@@ -2339,10 +2367,10 @@ class datapull:
     
     def pull_weather(self, week_commencing, country) -> pd.DataFrame:
         import pandas as pd
-        import urllib.request
+        import urllib.request  # noqa: F811
         from datetime import datetime
         import requests
-        from geopy.geocoders import Nominatim
+        from geopy.geocoders import Nominatim  # noqa: F811
 
         # Week commencing dictionary
         day_dict = {"mon": 0, "tue": 1, "wed": 2, "thur": 3, "fri": 4, "sat": 5, "sun": 6}
@@ -2938,37 +2966,4 @@ class datapull:
 
         final_weather = ims_proc.rename_cols(merged_df, 'seas_')
 
-        return final_weather
-    
-    def pull_covid_data(self, folder_path: str, country: str = "GB", week_commencing: str = "mon") -> pd.DataFrame:
-        """
-        Get covid pandemic data for the country of interest.
-
-        Args:
-            folder_path (str): A string containing the local location of the OneDrive folder.
-                                Example: "C:/Users/-- username --/OneDrive - im-sciences.com"
-                                The file location within the MasterDrive of the worldwide covid data is: 
-                                MasterDrive/Central Database/Covid/oxford-government-response.csv
-            country (str): A string containing the country of interest (E.g: "GB", "FR")
-            week_commencing (str): The starting day of the week for aggregation.
-                                Options are "mon", "tue", "wed", "thur", "fri", "sat", "sun".
-
-        Returns:
-            pd.DataFrame: A DataFrame containing seasonality and public holiday dummies for the country of interest.
-                            The 'OBS' column contains the week commencing dates.
-        """
-
-        df = pd.read_csv(f'{folder_path}/MasterDrive/Central Database/Covid/oxford-government-response.csv')
-
-        country_df = df[df['location_key']==country]
-        country_df.rename(columns={'date': 'OBS'}, inplace=True)
-        country_df.drop('location_key', axis=1, inplace=True)
-
-        agg_df = ims_proc.aggregate_daily_to_wc_wide(country_df, 'OBS', [], country_df.columns.to_list(), week_commencing, 'average')
-
-        covid_df = ims_proc.rename_cols(agg_df, 'covid_')
-
-        covid_df['OBS'] = covid_df['OBS'].apply(lambda x: x[0].date())
-
-        return covid_df
-    
+        return final_weather