HSZ Booking Bot

Setup

• Install Python 3.12 or newer
• Create a virtual environment: python -m venv venv
• Activate the virtual environment:
  • Linux: source venv/bin/activate
  • Windows: venv\Scripts\activate.ps1
• Install dependencies: pip install .

Booking

• Adjust the bot for your browser in booking_bot.py
  • Replace driver = start_edge() with driver = start_chrome() or driver = start_firefox()
  • WARNING: Not tested with Firefox
• Adjust credentials.yaml
  • status: S-RWTH -> student
  • pid: matriculation number
  • password: Delete the password line if you don't have one
• Find the URLs and course IDs of the courses you want to book and enter them in booking_bot.py
• Run the script python bin/booking_bot.py

Test Run

• Use one of the existing courses in the TEST section in booking_bot.py, comment the other ones
• Run the script python bin/booking_bot.py --fire --test