From a1639a1d0b6b54a08ecb15a18c9fd2978fdf87d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: awdem <wdemontmollin@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 11:44:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] adds method to ignore postcodes in import scripts

---
 polling_stations/apps/data_importers/base_importers.py | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/polling_stations/apps/data_importers/base_importers.py b/polling_stations/apps/data_importers/base_importers.py
index f2bd928f92..87d69f148c 100644
--- a/polling_stations/apps/data_importers/base_importers.py
+++ b/polling_stations/apps/data_importers/base_importers.py
@@ -1004,6 +1004,14 @@ def should_ignore_uprns(self, record, *uprns_to_ignore):
 
         return record_uprn in uprns_to_ignore
 
+    def should_ignore_postcode(self, record, postcodes_to_ignore):
+        record_postcode = (
+            getattr(record, self.residential_postcode_field)
+            .strip()
+            .replace("\xa0", " ")
+        )
+        return record_postcode in postcodes_to_ignore
+
 
 class BaseShpStationsCsvAddressesImporter(
     BaseStationsAddressesImporter, CsvMixin, ShpMixin