Get a notification email when Class is no longer closed

Introduction

Tired about checking the course search and enroll again and again? Let's go with a simple web scraper!

Get an email notification when class is not longer closed (best for classes without waitlist)

ex: I am using for genetics 133 in this case. Enroll the course successfully when testing the code!

Or you can check how many people have already been in waitlist

Process

• Using https://public.enroll.wisc.edu/search, the website is for General Public to search UW-Madison courses – Public Course Search & Enroll application. There is no login required.
• Using gmail as the platform to send email. Reference to https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16512592/login-credentials-not-working-with-gmail-smtp.
• The check is happened every hour. Using schedule to do work every hour. Reference: https://schedule.readthedocs.io/en/stable/examples.html

Files

• simpleAPI.py: simple GET request for https://public.enroll.wisc.edu/api/search/v1/enrollmentPackages/. Get response as JSON and parse it as dictionary.
• sendEmail.py: add sendEmail function to the simpleAPI
• checkHour.py: add schedult to send the request per hour until there is open seat or it is terminated by keyboard interrupt
• getWaitNum.py: a side function to check how many people have already been in waitlist(search class and section by class number)