A quick and dirty python script to scrape grades from RPI's student information system.

sis.py

'''
Copyright (c) 2012, Joseph W. Dougherty
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'''

import urllib, urllib2, cookielib
from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup

RIN = '660123456'
PIN = '012345'
SIS = "sis.rpi.edu"
SCHEME = "https://"

cj = cookielib.CookieJar()

opener = urllib2.build_opener(urllib2.HTTPCookieProcessor(cj))

login_data = urllib.urlencode({'sid' : RIN, 'PIN' : PIN})

resp = opener.open(SCHEME + SIS +'/rss/twbkwbis.P_ValLogin', login_data)
resp = opener.open(SCHEME + SIS +'/rss/twbkwbis.P_ValLogin', login_data)

resp = opener.open(SCHEME + SIS +'/rss/bwskogrd.P_ViewTermGrde')
content = resp.read()
soup = BeautifulSoup(content)
semester = soup.find('select',attrs={"name":"term_in"})
semester = semester.findAll('option',attrs={"selected":"SELECTED"})
print "Fetching grades for semester " + semester[0].text

semester = semester[0]['value'].encode("utf8")

term_data = urllib.urlencode({'term_in' : semester})
resp = opener.open(SCHEME + SIS +'/rss/bwskogrd.P_ViewGrde',term_data)
content = resp.read()
soup = BeautifulSoup(content)
gradetables = soup.findAll('table',attrs={"class":"datadisplaytable"})
for table in gradetables:
    if("Course work" in table.find('caption').text):
        rows = table.findAll('tr')
        rows=rows[1:]
        for row in rows:
            cells = row.findAll('td')
            print cells[1].text + "-" + cells[2].text + ": " + cells[4].text + " = " + cells[6].text