BITS Pilani ERP Result

Poll the BITS Pilani ERP server for semester results and send an email when they are out.

Usage

• npm install once you are in the root directory of the project

• Edit the config.json file

  • access_token: Add a valid FB access token to post on a facebook group (optional)
  • gmail_username/gmail_password: Add a gmail username and password to send an email
  • destination_email: Add a destination email to receive the email when the results are out
  • smtpServer: Mail Server to use
  • group_id: FB group to publish a message
  • username: ERP username
  • password: ERP Password
  • interval: Check for the results after every x milliseconds. (The session cookies expire after about 5 minutes. It is not a very good idea to login every 5 minutes to check the result. Set it to a value < 5 minutes to avoid logging in every single time)

• Edit the index.js file

  • userid: Numeric ID corresponding to the username field in config.json. For ex: 31120110XXX, for username: 2011C6PSXXXG.
  • term: Semester ID. This can be found in the grades section in your account.
  • Edit the facebook post message and the email text as required.

• Set the log4js output file

• node index.js

####Modules Used

• Cheerio: Required for parsing the HTML response.
• Request: Most popular HTTP(S) module for Node.js
• Log4js: Log messages with their timestamps
• emailjs: Required for sending an email when the results are out
• Facebook Graph API: Required for publishing a post when the results are declared