ClassCheck

Python 2.7

Objective

This script checks your UMass course shopping cart through Spire repeatedly.

Sample Run

Access Spire

Display result

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Current Class Status
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     Class                          Instr.               Open
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     COMPSCI 220-01 (14811)         G. Anderson          False
     COMPSCI 220-01LN (14858)       Staff                True
     COMPSCI 230-01 (14817)         T. Richards          False
     COMPSCI 230-01AF (14898)       Staff                True
     COMPSCI 240-01 (14812)         A. McGregor          False
     COMPSCI 240-01AC (14851)       Staff                True
     COMPSCI 250-01 (14780)         D. Barrington        False
     COMPSCI 250-01AD (14849)       Staff                False
     ENGLWRIT 112-16 (11945)        T. McGill            False
     MATH 233-02 (15104)            None                 False
     MATH 233-03 (15105)            E. Farelli           False
     PHYSICS 151-01 (11331)         D. Kawall            False
     PHYSICS 151-99LQ (11421)       Staff                False
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Please input class name or class number (e.g. compsci or 14811):
14849
Please input the corresponding teacher listed above:
Staff

After inputing required information, this script will go on a (in)finite number of loops to see if that class is open.

Using this script

Required Libraries

• Selenium - Web Scrapping
• Yagmail - Send Email

There are a few functions that needs to be edited for it to work properly

• send_email()
  • This function is for sending email to a desired email address when this script finds that the class is open.'
  • You can get rid of this function and all of its reference if you don't want this. If you do, keep reading.
  • You have to assign the variables, smtp_email_username and smtp_email_password to an email account so that the script can use that account to send emails.
  • You also need to assign the variable, email_to_be_sent to the email address you want the email to be sent.
• driver()
  • The driver uses the "browser" or webdriver, PhantomJS, a headless "browser" that does not have GUI and does not come with Selenium.
  • I recommend downloading the Chrome webdriver (which has GUI, like in the gif) and install it at the python/script folder assuming that folder is properly set in your machine's environment variables.
  • Once that is done, assign the variable browser to browser.Chrome()
  • The semester variable may need to change depending on what time it is and what semester(s) are available.
• open_page_log_in(link, browser, tries=0)
  • username.send_keys and password.send_keys are functions that take in your username and password as strings so that selenium can input the selected fields, i.e. the username and password variable.