ApplicationStatusFetcher

This script logs in to multiple Graduate University Application Portals, checks the status of the application and displays it. The script can spawn a firefox instance or run silently in the background, depending on user input.

Usage

python GetMyStatus.py MyUnivs.config <silent>

Requirements

• Python 2.7+
• Mozilla Firefox
• Selenium Webdriver
• PhantomJS in python (Optional - Required only during silent run)

Input configuration

The input is completely controlled by the contents of the first argument passed through the script. The template for the configuration for each university is as mentioned below:

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University Name: Name of the University 
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Status Check URL: 		URL of the login portal  
Username: 				Enter_Username_Here  
Password: 				Enter_Password_Here  
Username Xpath: 		Xpath for the Username field  
Password Xpath: 		Xpath for the Password field  
Submit button Xpath:	Xpath for the Login/Submit button  
Status Xpath:			Xpath for the field that displays status of application   
Intermediate click: 	Xpath for the element that needs to be clicked after login before the status check. If no such click is required set this to NA  
Additional Field: 		Xpath for the additonal element(if any) that needs to be clicked/input before login. Set this to NA if not required. 
Additional Field Value: Value that needs to be input to the Additional Field. If a click is required on Additional Field set this to _click_. If Additional Field is NA, set this to NA too. 

Multiple configurations in the above format can be present in the input config file (see MyUnivs.config). The configurations for the following University portals already exist in MyUnivs.config

• University of Texas Austin
• University of Caligornia, San Diego
• University of California, Irvine
• Georgia Institute of Technology
• Pennsylvania State University
• Texas A&M , CollegeStation (CSE Portal)
• University of Chicago
• North Carolina State University (Gradwatch Portal)
• University of California, Santa Barbara