paperboy

A command line tool to get Maynooth University exam papers

usage: paperboy.py [-h] [-l MINYEAR] [-u MAXYEAR] [-r] [-s] module cookie

Get Maynooth University exam papers.

positional arguments:
  module                the code of the module you want papers for e.g. 'CS211'
  cookie                a JSON file with the key and value of your session cookie OR the key and value as separated by '='

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -l MINYEAR, --minyear MINYEAR
                        the inclusive lower bound of the range of years you want papers for
  -u MAXYEAR, --maxyear MAXYEAR
                        the non-inclusive upper bound of the range of years you want papers for
  -r, --noresits        exclude papers from Autumn exam periods
  -s, --save            save the exam papers to current working directory instead of printing links to stdout

Session cookies

The cookie argument is your session cookie for the exam papers site and can passed in one of two ways:

• directly, in the format COOKIE_NAME=COOKIE_VALUE

• as a path to a JSON file in the following format:

  {
      "COOKIE_NAME": "COOKIE_VALUE"
  }

Getting your session cookie

The session cookie is used by the site to authenticate you. To get your session cookie, follow these steps:

1. In Chrome, log in to the exam papers website

2. Press F12 to open Developer Tools and go to the Application tab

3. Go to Cookies > https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie and copy and paste the name and value of the session cookie into your cookie file

This cookie will expire after some time and you will need to follow these steps again.

Do not share this cookie with anyone or accidentally push it to a repo!