"""Download England country boundary GeoJSON from ONS Open Geography Portal. Source: ONS Countries (December 2024) Boundaries UK BGC (Generalised Clipped) Licence: OGL v3 """ import argparse from pathlib import Path import httpx # ArcGIS REST API — query for England only, generalised (BGC) resolution URL = ( "https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services/" "Countries_December_2024_Boundaries_UK_BGC/FeatureServer/0/query" "?where=CTRY24NM%3D%27England%27&outFields=CTRY24NM&f=geojson" ) def main() -> None: parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( description="Download England country boundary GeoJSON" ) parser.add_argument( "--output", type=Path, required=True, help="Output GeoJSON file path" ) args = parser.parse_args() args.output.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) print("Downloading England boundary from ONS...") response = httpx.get(URL, follow_redirects=True, timeout=60) response.raise_for_status() data = response.json() features = data.get("features", []) if len(features) != 1: raise ValueError(f"Expected 1 feature for England, got {len(features)}") args.output.write_text(response.text) size_kb = args.output.stat().st_size / 1024 print(f"Saved to {args.output} ({size_kb:.0f} KB)") if __name__ == "__main__": main()