DISCLAIMER: Anna University has closed the portal through which this script accessed semester results without Date of Birth. This will start working when Anna University opens the portal back for the next semester results.

AU Portal: http://aucoe.annauniv.edu/cgi-bin/result/cgrade.pl?regno= (If this works, the app will too)

AUScraper

A simple app that generates an excel file for a range of register numbers fetched from Anna University server.

Demo

Check it out: https://auscraper.herokuapp.com/

Technology Colophon

Backend -
- PHP 7, Composer
- phroute - routing
- guzzle - To send asynchronous request
- PHPExcel - To generate Excel file
- Gulp - Task Runner
Frontend -
- scss - CSS preprocessor
- browserify, babble - ES6 support
- JQuery, materialize.css, Modernizr, Normalize.css

API Endpoints

POST /api/json HTTP/1.1

Request body:

{
  'regno': [Register Number],
  'offset': [Number of results to be downloaded after the given `regno`. range: 0 - 99]
}

Response:

onsuccess - Array of JSON results.
onerror - Response Code: 400[Bad Request]. responseBody.error -> Error Message.

POST /api/excel HTTP/1.1

Request body:

{
  'regno': [Register Number],
  'offset': [Number of results to be downloaded after the given `regno`. range: 0 - 99]
}

Response:

onsuccess - .xlsx file with results. Content-Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
onerror - Response Code: 400[Bad Request]. responseBody.error -> Error Message.

Note: Use resources/scripts/app.js as reference to send request via web client.

Installation

Install Apache 2, PHP 7 and Composer
Clone this repository

  $ git clone https://github.com/AravindVasudev/AUScraper.git
  $ cd AUScraper

Install Dependencies

  $ composer install
  $ npm install

Deploying in Heroku

Following Installation, Install Heroku Toolbelt and Git Client.
Create a new Heroku App and push the code

$ heroku create
$ git push heroku master

Contribute

You are always welcome to open an issue or provide a pull-request!

License

Built under MIT license.

RajNirmal/AUScraper