API Data fetching

Prerequisites

• python installed

For scraping IDs from VVZ (only on linux, but can be adapted in the VVZ_bot.py file for other configurations):

• chrome installed
• chrome webdriver for the same version of chrome installed (in /usr/bin/) (https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/downloads)

How to use

• clone or download files
• open console in installation folder
• run python VVZ_bot.py to scrape the module IDs of the economics faculty from Vorlesungsverzeichnis
• run python rating_grade_correlation.py to scrape data for hypothesis 1
• run python average_rating_and_grade_per_semester.py to scrape data for hypothesis 2

What it does

• VVZ_bot.py script creates module IDs list for the following scripts
• script reads all module ids from the input file (by default 'module_list.txt')
• fetches data of all modules
• writes output file (by default 'output.CSV') with all selected field