GMeet Bot Save

I built this to make my life easier as a student. Hope this helps you too!
This bot joins your classes for you on time automatically using the data about
your google classroom schedule and account credentials.
#AutomateAndChill

• Requirements
• Setup
• Execution
• Output
• Customization
• Troubleshooting
• License

Requirements

• Clone of this repository
• python3
• Firefox browser
• pip install requirements.txt

Setup

1. cd GMeet-Bot

2. Enter your account credentials in config.ini Example:

   [AUTH]
   [email protected]
   PASSWORD=password
   

3. Download geckodriver from here and place it in the folder

4. Create a profile in Firefox and block the camera and microphone access for google meet.
   

5. Get the path for the created profile using about:profiles in the firefox browser and include the following at the end of the config.ini file.

   [FIREFOX]
   PROFILE_PATH=/path/to/the/created/profile
   

6. Get the Course Names from your classroom
   

7. Insert the Course Name at the appropriate position in schedule.csv Example:

   CS16004-SemC

   • Mon - 09:20
   • Tue - 11:40
   • Thu - 14:25

   Day	09:20	11:40	14:25
   Mon	CS16004-SemC
   Tue		CS16004-SemC
   Wed
   Thu			CS16004-SemC
   Fri

• Repeat this for all the Courses to populate the schedule.csv with your schedule

Execution

1. cd GMeet-Bot
2. python3 gmeet_bot.py
3. ctrl+c will stop the execution

Output

• The program will run in the background.
• When the current time hits one of the class timings,
  1. The program automatically fires up the browser.
  2. Logs in your account into google classroom.
  3. Finds the Course from schedule.csv.
  4. Joins the meeting using the Meet Link in the course room.
  5. After one hour, ends the meeting and closes the browser.

Customization

1. Class Timings
   • Modify the class timings in the header of schedule.csv
   • Use 24-hour time format
2. It is programmed to run for three classes per day. Modify it here by changing 2 to 'n'-1 for 'n' classes.

   if self.count < 2:
        self.count = self.count + 1
   

Troubleshooting

1. Google account must not be already logged in.
2. schedule.csv must contain the exact course names.
3. Slow internet connection may cause program to crash.

License

• MIT License

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