banner

A discord bot for executing queries & searches on the Ellucian Banner instance hosting all of UTSA's class data.

Feature Wishlist

Component Pagination
RateMyProfessor Integration (Linked/Embedded)
Smart term selection (i.e. Summer 2024 will be selected automatically when opened)
Rate Limiting (bursting with global/user limits)
DMs Integration (allow usage of the bot in DMs)
Class Change Notifications (get notified when details about a class change)
ICS Download (get a ICS download of your classes with location & timing perfectly - set for every class you're in)
Multi-term Querying (currently the backend for searching is kinda weird)
Full Autocomplete for Every Search Option
Metrics, Log Query, Privileged Error Feedback
Search for Classes
- Major, Professor, Location, Name, Time of Day
Subscribe to Classes
- Availability (seat, pre-seat)
- Waitlist Movement
- Detail Changes (meta, time, location, seats, professor)
  - time Start, End, Days of Week
  - seats Any change in seat/waitlist data
  - meta
Lookup via Course Reference Number (CRN)
Smart Time of Day Handling
- "2 PM" -> Start within 2:00 PM to 2:59 PM
- "2-3 PM" -> Start within 2:00 PM to 3:59 PM
- "ends by 2 PM" -> Ends within 12:00 AM to 2:00 PM
- "after 2 PM" -> Start within 2:01 PM to 11:59 PM
- "before 2 PM" -> Ends within 12:00 AM to 1:59 PM

Some of the features and architecture of Ellucian's Banner system are not clear. The follow features, JSON, and more require validation & analysis:

Struct Nullability
- Much of the responses provided by Ellucian contain nulls, and most of them are uncertain as to when and why they're null.
- Analysis must be conducted to be sure of when to use a string and when it should nillable (pointer).
Multiple Professors / Primary Indicator
Mulltiple Meeting Times
Meeting Schedule Types
- AFF vs AIN vs AHB etc.