Trent Course Scraper

This repo contains two Python scripts that scrape Trent University's Academic timetable and undergraduate programs webpage. The scripts are made with Selenium WebDriver. Running each script outputs a .txt file that contains the respective information.

Downloading a chromedriver that is compatible with your computer

The chromedriver installed in this repo is compatible with the mac-x64 platform. If your platform is different, delete the existing chromedriver and download a new chromedriver that fits your computer's platform from this webpage. Documentation can be found here.

Installing Selenium

In the terminal run one of the following:

pip install selenium

pip3 install selenium

python3 -m pip install selenium

Running degree_names.py

In the terminal

python3 degree_names.py

This script creates a programs.txt file containing an updated list of all degree programs offered at Trent.

Running main.py

In the terminal

python3 main.py currentYear

example:

python3 main.py 2024

This script creates two .txt files: courses.txt and faculty.txt. courses.txt contains a list of all courses offered throughout the current academic year in each department. faculty.txt contains a list of all the professors in each department.