georgia tech oscar course availability checker

monitors a specific course in georgia tech's oscar system and sends discord notifications when a spot opens up.

setup

1. install the required dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

2. set up discord notifications:

   • create a new discord server or use an existing one
   • create a new channel for notifications
   • right-click the channel → edit channel → integrations → create webhook
   • copy the webhook url

3. test notification:

python test_notification.py

deployment

1. update server details in deploy.sh.local:

SERVER="your-username@your-server-ip"

2. deploy:

chmod +x deploy.sh.local
./deploy.sh.local

monitoring

check logs:

ssh -p 2200 your-username@your-server-ip "tail -f ~/scraper.log"

stopping the script

remove from crontab:

ssh -p 2200 your-username@your-server-ip "crontab -r"

features

• checks every 5 minutes using crontab
• discord notifications when spots open
• automatic restart after server reboots
• all activity logged to scraper.log