vacuousversifier/torchscraper

A little utility to scrape user data from The Torch

The Torch Scraper

Created by the Vacuous Versifier

See this project's GitHub

This project is a simple web scraper to extract information about stories posted to The Torch, a publication by the students of Wichita High School South, a part of USD259.

This program impersonates a staff of the Torch using their cookies for login. It then scrapes a list of current staff and the stories they have written, finally printing out spreadsheet friendly results for analysis.

This program has existed in a worse form for about two years, but has now been totally revamped. Being I will graduate in May 2024, the project will likely die out then. However, as I hope, perhaps new editors will find use in this and I will have an excuse to continue working on it!

For questions, comments, and concerns, please see my GitHub page linked above for contact info.

torchscraper's Issues

Automatic timeframe generator

Remove staff from Spreadsheet if they haven't published in Timeframe

Display cookie expiration date before asking to use stored cookies

Use XML instead of custom file formats

Add title card

Use JSOUP for DOM manipulation

Add GUI

Add warnings for invalid inputs

Make a Better README

Add Draft-Counting option

Port to windows and mac / make executable

Add ability to change cookies used (different user)

Add spreadsheet generator

Add browser cookie stealer (benjholla/CookieMonster)

Add tutorial

Add README

Auto rename adviser to Mr. Welch

Group StoryManager into StaffManager