mcgill-minerva-api

A javascript abstraction layer over McGill's awful minerva. It can:

• return your unofficial transcript as json
• search for courses (by dep, number and semester)
• add/drop courses

Getting Started

Install the module with: npm install mcgill-minerva-api

var Minerva = require('mcgill-minerva-api');
 
var minerva = new Minerva(username, password); // or store 'em in environment MG_USER & MG_PASS
minerva.getCourses({
    dep: 'COMP',
    number: '250',
    season: 'w',
    year: '2015'
  }).then(function(courses) {
    console.log(courses);
      // => [{
      //  is_full false,
      //  crn: '709',
      //  department: 'COMP',
      //  course_number: '250',
      //  type: 'Lecture',
      //  days: ['MWF'],
      //  time: ['09:35 AM-10:25 AM'],
      //  instructor: 'Martin Robillard',
      //  status: 'Active'
      //  },{
      //    ...
      //  }]
  });

Documentation

Minerva's functions are promises, see Kris Kowal's very excellent Q module. Therefore, to use the results of the function you need to chain chain a then with a callback.

• getTranscript(): returns a promise for an array of courses. Course example:

{
  "RW": " " || "RW", // Web registered or not
  "department": "COMP",
  "course_number": "208",
  "section": "001",
  "credit": "2",
  "grade": "A",
  "class_avg": "A"
}

• getCourses(options): returns a promise for an array of courses searched on minerva (for regitration). options takes :
  • dep:, e.g. "MATH",
  • number, e.g. "280",
  • season, takes w, s, or f.
  • year, takes XXXX, Return value example:

{
  "isFull": true || false,
  "crn": '709',
  "department": 'COMP',
  "course_number": '250',
  "type": 'Lecture',
  "days": ['MWF'],
  "time": ['09:35 AM-10:25 AM'],
  "instructor": 'Martin Robillard',
  "status": 'Active'
}

• addCourses(options): returns a promise for registration of courses by crn. options takes:
  • season, w, s, or f;
  • year, e.g. 2015;
  • crn, crn string or array of crns (course reference numbers)
• dropCourses(options): returns a promise for the opposite of add courses.

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using Grunt.

Release History

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License

Copyright (c) 2014 Charles P Clermont. Licensed under the MIT license.