Rooster

Rooster is a tool allows you to easily view your KU Leuven schedule in your calendar, with all information presented clearly. Check it out at rooster.gbgk.be.

Adding programmes

Rooster is able to display data for any programme, but for extended data (like teachers), the programme data must be added to the src/programmes folder.

To add a programme to the list of available programmes, you can add a new file to the src/programmes directory. You can generate the data required for the file by running the following script in DevTools on the programme page in Onderwijsaanbod:

// Get all rows with the class 'opo_row'
let rows = document.querySelectorAll('tr.opo_row');

// Array to store the results
let data = [];

// Loop through each row
rows.forEach(row => {
    // Extract the ECTS code
    let ectsCode = row.querySelector('td.code') ? row.querySelector('td.code').textContent.trim() : '';

    // Extract the subject name
    let subjectElement = row.querySelector('td.opleidingsonderdeel a');
    let subjectName = subjectElement ? subjectElement.textContent.trim() : '';

    // Extract the list of teachers
    let teacherElements = row.querySelectorAll('td.docent div.print_only li a');
    let teachers = Array.from(teacherElements).map(teacher => ({
        name: teacher.textContent.trim().replace(".", ". "),
        profile: teacher.getAttribute('href')
    }));

    // Create an object for the current row
    let courseData = {
        ectsCode: ectsCode,
        subjectName: subjectName,
        teachers: teachers
    };

    // Add the object to the array
    data.push(courseData);
});

// Print the extracted data as JSON
console.log(JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));

This data is publically available on the KU Leuven website, so there should be no privacy concerns. However, if you are a teacher and you do not want your name to be displayed, please let me know at rooster@gbgk.me and I will remove it

Handling Special Lecture Keywords

Rooster now includes a feature to handle special lecture keywords like 'practical lecture' and 'tutorial'. When these keywords are found in the event summary, the corresponding text is added in parentheses to the subject name.

Example

If the event is a practical lecture on microeconomics, the name will be modified as follows:

• Original: "Microeconomics for Business practical lecture"
• Modified: "Microeconomics for Business (Practice)"

Similarly, for tutorials:

• Original: "Microeconomics for Business tutorial"
• Modified: "Microeconomics for Business (Tutorial)"