EIT Timetable to Google Calendar CSV

Converts timetables generated from http://mytimetable1.eit.ac.nz/ to CSV files compatible with Google Calendar

Setup

Use python version >= 3.6

Setup a virtual environment

$ python3 -m venv venv

Activate the virtual environment.

# On Linux / POSIX
$ source ./venv/bin/activate
# On Windows with cmd.exe
C:\> venv\Scripts\activate.bat
# On Windows with powershell
C:\> venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1

Install the requirements

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Creating urls.txt

Create the file urls.txt in the current working directory.

The urls are retrieved by the following:

1. Navigating to http://mytimetable1.eit.ac.nz
2. Clicking on the Courses button.
3. Searching for your course & selecting it from the dropdown box.
4. Clicking on the View Timetable button.
5. Coping the url in the address bar.

What the file should look like: (look at example.urls.txt)

http://mytimetable1.eit.ac.nz/Home/Timetable...
http://mytimetable1.eit.ac.nz/Home/Timetable...
http://mytimetable1.eit.ac.nz/Home/Timetable...
http://mytimetable1.eit.ac.nz/Home/Timetable...
http://mytimetable1.eit.ac.nz/Home/Timetable...
http://mytimetable1.eit.ac.nz/Home/Timetable...
http://mytimetable1.eit.ac.nz/Home/Timetable...
http://mytimetable1.eit.ac.nz/Home/Timetable...

Running the script

python scrape.py

This saves a calendar.csv file in the current working directory.

How to import into Google Calendar