Read in Assignments from CSV

[samhinshaw]

The development of this function was tabled in favor of the config file. Still, it may be a useful option to have in the future.

def get_assignments_from_csv(self, path: str):
  """
  Bring in assignments from a CSV file. 
  CSV file should contain the following columns: 
  
  [required]
  - name (str): the name of the assignment
  - duedate (str): due date for the assignment
  - notebook_path (str): github URL at which the jupyter notebook lives
  - points_possible (int): the number of possible points

  [optional]
  - published (bool): whether the assignment should be published
  - description (str): a description of the assignment
  - unlock_at (str): a date at which the assignment becomes available
  - lock_at (str): date after the due date to which students can submit their assignment for partial credit

  :param path: Path to the CSV file. 
  """
  assignments = pd.read_csv(path)
  print(assignments)

[trevorcampbell]

no longer relevant