UB Open courses checker (HUB Student Center)

.rvmrc

rvm use 1.8.7

README.mdown

UB course opening checker

checks if the courses in your UB HUB Student Center are open / closed

Install

git clone git://gist.github.com/1182389.git ub_courses
cd ub_courses
# make sure you have ruby 1.8.7 installed (required by mechanize)
bundle install
ruby check.rb
# enter your username and password

check.rb

require 'bundler'
Bundler.require

high = HighLine.new
username = high.ask("Enter your username: ")
password = high.ask("Enter your password: ") { |q| q.echo = false }

while true
  agent = Mechanize.new
  page = agent.get('https://ubsis.buffalo.edu/psc/csprdss/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/SA_LEARNER_SERVICES_2.SSR_SSENRL_CART.GBL?Page=SSR_SSENRL_CART&Action=A')

  # Login Page
  login_form = page.form('f')
  login_form.j_username = username
  login_form.j_password = password
  page = agent.submit(login_form, login_form.buttons.first)

  form = page.forms.first
  page = agent.submit(form, form.buttons.first)

  # Cart
  page.search('table.PSLEVEL1GRIDNBO tr').each do |ele|
    columns = ele.search('td')
    if columns[1]
      course = columns[1].search('span').inner_text.gsub("\r",'')
      status = columns[-1].search('img').attr('alt')
      high.say("#{ high.color(status, (status.to_s == 'Open' ? :green : :red )) } - #{course}\n")
    end
  end
  puts "===========#{Time.now}============"
  sleep(60)
end

Gemfile

source :rubygems
gem 'highline'
gem 'mechanize'

Gemfile.lock

GEM
  remote: http://rubygems.org/
  specs:
    highline (1.6.2)
    mechanize (2.0.1)
      net-http-digest_auth (>= 1.1.1, ~> 1.1)
      net-http-persistent (~> 1.8)
      nokogiri (~> 1.4)
      webrobots (>= 0.0.9, ~> 0.0)
    net-http-digest_auth (1.1.1)
    net-http-persistent (1.9)
    nokogiri (1.5.0)
    webrobots (0.0.11)
      nokogiri (>= 1.4.4)

PLATFORMS
  ruby

DEPENDENCIES
  highline
  mechanize

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