Setup instructions, better README

[subins2000]

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[subins2000]

@subins2000 @outoftune2000 do this

[yozachar]

Quick question: Can this be used with any other ERP at present?

[subins2000]

Hi @joe733, it'll depend on how attendance is implemented in the ERP. Our college uses OpenERP and the attendance implementation is done through models (Idk exactly how implementation is done on the server) : https://github.com/FOSSersVAST/vaasu/blob/master/get.py#L20

What we did is trace the background browser requests when we check attendance on the ERP website and automated it into a script.

So using the same code of VAASU and changing libvaasu.py to a different ERP situation, you can make it work.

The file get.py is a simple demo of the working and is not part of the bot

[yozachar]

@subins2000 thanks for the elaborate reply. Are you referring to Odoo, when you say OpenERP?

What we did is trace the background browser requests when we check attendance on the ERP website and automated it into a script.

That's clever!

So using the same code of VAASU and changing libvaasu.py to a different ERP situation, you can make it work.

My college uses Linways. Heard they use PHP :/ (I've no idea 'bout it)
I need to check how it's working behind.. Thanks for the info.

[subins2000]

Are you referring to Odoo, when you say OpenERP?

From the looks of it, I don't think our ERP site has been upgraded to the new version of Odoo, it still most likely uses Python2 😬 OpenERP is in Python2 iirc.

My college uses Linways. Heard they use PHP :/ (I've no idea 'bout it)

The easiest way to do this is the one mentioned before, trace and automate :) You can reuse the bot code, you'll only have to change libvaasu.py.