Module: NittResults

Defined in:
lib/NittResults.rb,
lib/NittResults/version.rb

Constant Summary collapse

VERSION = 
"0.0.3"

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#fetch_results(start_rollno, end_rollno) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/NittResults.rb', line 5

def fetch_results(start_rollno,end_rollno)
    #fetch the results page
    browser = Selenium::WebDriver.for :firefox
    browser.get("http://www.nitt.edu/prm/nitreg/ShowRes.aspx")

    #loop over the given roll numbers
    (start_rollno..end_rollno).each do |rollno|
        #fill in the roll no and click the button
        element = browser.find_element(:name => 'TextBox1')
        element.clear
        button = browser.find_element(:id => "Button1")
        element.send_keys(rollno)
        # Fixed the selection thing that exists for even semester results
        button.click
 valid_roll_no = browser.find_elements(:id,"Dt1").size
 if valid_roll_no > 0
   select = browser.find_element(:id,"Dt1")
   select.find_elements(:tag_name, "option").each do |option|
     option.click if option.text == "NOV-2012 (REGULAR EXAM)"
   end
 end
        #get the data and store it in the database
        #i'm storing in a text files for now
        rows = browser.find_elements(:css => ".DataGridItem, .DataGridAlternatingItem")

        #writing stuff to the file
        #TODO : Parse and write to the database instead
        if !rows.empty?
            student_name = browser.find_element(:id => "LblName").text
            gpa = browser.find_element(:id => "LblGPA").text
            File.open(rollno.to_s,'w') do |f|
                f.puts(student_name)
                rows.each { |r| f.puts(r.text) }
                f.puts("GPA : #{gpa}")
            end
        end
    end

    #cleanup
    browser.quit
end