Inspiration
We realized how tough it was to search for classes that we found interesting and that met the course requirements, so we wanted to create an easier way to go about doing that.
What it does
Class Searcher searches for classes that fulfill our general education requirements. It allows the user to either search by a specific topic which interests them or search through the classes that fulfill their requirements. When the resulting classes contain tags indicating whether or not they fulfill any other requirement.
How I built it
We created a program to scrape information from the Purdue general education site. Next, we combine this and a public API to sort through the data to create the backend of the website.
Challenges I ran into
Connecting back end and front end
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Created scraping program and used multiple apis
What I learned
How to incorporate several apis and creating a scraping program
What's next for Class Searcher
Currently, we are only taking into account the general education requirements, however, we would like to implement a feature which will include the various requirements for each college. Furthermore, we would also like to allow the user to potentially add a minor/double major to then see how they can progress through Purdue most efficiently while enjoying their classes. Additionally, we'd like to connect backend and frontend
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