denizyunus/school-student-platform-backend

UBIS (University Student System) Redesign Express Backend

A modern, user-friendly mobile application for my school, developed using React Native (Expo) and an Express backend powered by Puppeteer for web scraping. You can reach out to Expo app here: Click Here

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Features

Express Backend

• Puppeteer Integration: Utilizes headless browsers to scrape the school's website.
• JWT Authentication: Securely maps users to their corresponding headless browsers.
• HTML Parsing: Extracts necessary information like name, image, announcements, lessons, etc.

React Native (Expo) Frontend

• User-Friendly UI: Enhanced user interface for better user experience.
• Real-Time Updates: Fetches the latest data from the backend.
• Announcements: Displays the latest school announcements.
• Lessons Schedule: Keeps track of the lessons.

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How it Works

Backend

1. Initialization: Upon startup, the Express backend initializes headless browsers using Puppeteer.
2. User Authentication: JWTs are generated for each user, mapping them to a corresponding browser session.
3. Data Scraping: The backend navigates to specific pages on the school's website using the headless browsers.
4. HTML Parsing: Extracts the necessary information (name, image, announcements, lessons, etc.) from the scraped HTML.
5. Data Retrieval: Sends the parsed data to the React Native frontend via an API endpoint.

Frontend

1. User Login: Users authenticate through the app.
2. Data Fetching: Once logged in, the app fetches the data from the Express backend.
3. Data Display: Announcements, names, images, and lessons are displayed in a user-friendly interface.

Still Under Development. You can test it's functionality now. Some screens are working atm. Too see the result install the express backend (easy, npm i and node app.js) and run expo app (npx expo start). You can access the UI design here: Click Herehttps://www.behance.net/gallery/179237463/School-Student-Platform-Redesign