Add rmp scraper

Author: elihschiff

rmp_scraper/main.py

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+# Modified code based off the licence below
+# MIT License
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Rodantny Reyes
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+# copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+# SOFTWARE.
+
+
+import requests
+import json
+import math
+
+def createprofessorlist():#creates List object that include basic information on all Professors from the IDed University
+    tempprofessorlist = []
+    num_of_prof = GetNumOfProfessors(UniversityId)
+    num_of_pages = math.ceil(num_of_prof / 20)
+    i = 1
+    while (i <= num_of_pages):# the loop insert all professor into list
+        page = requests.get("http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/filter/professor/?&page=" + str(
+            i) + "&filter=teacherlastname_sort_s+asc&query=*%3A*&queryoption=TEACHER&queryBy=schoolId&sid=" + str(
+            UniversityId))
+        temp_jsonpage = json.loads(page.content)
+        temp_list = temp_jsonpage['professors']
+        tempprofessorlist.extend(temp_list)
+        i += 1
+    return tempprofessorlist
+
+def GetNumOfProfessors(id):  # function returns the number of professors in the university of the given ID.
+    page = requests.get(
+        "http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/filter/professor/?&page=1&filter=teacherlastname_sort_s+asc&query=*%3A*&queryoption=TEACHER&queryBy=schoolId&sid=" + str(
+            id))  # get request for page
+    temp_jsonpage = json.loads(page.content)
+    num_of_prof = temp_jsonpage[
+                      'remaining'] + 20  # get the number of professors at William Paterson University
+    return num_of_prof
+
+
+UniversityId = 795
+rpiProfessorlist = createprofessorlist()
+
+print(json.dumps(rpiProfessorlist, indent=4, sort_keys=True))
+with open(f"rmp.json", "w") as outfile:  # -{os.getenv("CURRENT_TERM")}
+    json.dump(rpiProfessorlist , outfile, sort_keys=False, indent=2)