madpinger

A utility to poll the state of courses in UW-Madison's Course Search & Enroll site.

Commands

madpinger section

List information about a section with the (1) term code, (2) subject code, and (3) course ID.

Arguments & Flags

• <SUBJECT_CODE>: The subject code of the course
• <COURSE_ID>: The course ID of the course
• -t, --term-code <TERM_CODE>: Use sections from a specific term; defaults to Spring '23 (1234)

Examples

# the following are equivalent
madpinger section 266 022784
madpinger section 266 022784 -t 1234
madpinger section 266 022784 --term-code 1234

madpinger search

Search for courses that match a given query.

Arguments & Flags

• -s <SIZE>: Return only the first SIZE results; defaults to 10
• -t, --term-code <TERM_CODE>: Use courses from a specific term; defaults to Spring '23 (1234)
• -o: Include open sections; defaults to false
• -w: Include waitlisted sections; defaults to false
• -c: Include closed sections; defaults to false

Examples

# search for 10 open or waitlisted courses that match "comp sci" in term `1234`
madpinger search -o -w "comp sci" 

# search for the first 5 open, waitlisted, or closed courses that match "calculus" in term `1234` 
madpinger search -t 1234 -s 5 -o -w -c calculus`