yunyu / vu-registration-node

Gain a massive timing advantage when registering for courses in Vanderbilt's YES

IT IS NOT IN YOUR INTEREST TO SHARE THIS SCRIPT. IF YOU DO, I WILL PERSONALLY HAVE SOMEONE BEAT YOU UP. -Yunyu

If you are enrolled in a graduate program, please follow the graduate instructions, and then return to this document.

Install

This script requires Node.js, and the minimum supported version is 8.x (LTS release). First cd into the script directory, and then run:

npm install

Then follow the usage instructions below for your shell.

Finding class numbers

To find a class number, click the course name in your cart, and look at the upper left corner (underneath the description):

Usage

Bash:

export VUNET_ID='liny19'
export VUNET_PW='password'
node vu-registration.js savecookies
node vu-registration.js register 0049:true,0050:true

PowerShell:

$env:VUNET_ID = "liny19"
$env:VUNET_PW = "password"
node vu-registration.js savecookies
# The second parameter needs to be quoted in PowerShell
node vu-registration.js register "0049:true,0050:true"

For complete usage instructions, run node vu-registration.js with no arguments. Be sure to run node vu-registration.js savecookies about 3 minutes before registration opens.

Credits

• Winston Du for developing registration method
• Yunyu Lin for user interface and node project development
• Matthew Sedam for node project development
• Ben Cooper for node project development
• Sameer Puri for node project development
• Oishik Ray for PowerShell automation