Django Classroom Activity Notifier

Overview

This Django project checks for new activities (announcements, coursework, and materials) in Google Classroom courses and sends notifications to a specified webhook URL. The project integrates with the Google Classroom API and is designed to run periodic checks for updates, ensuring that new activities are promptly notified.

Features

• Fetch Announcements: Retrieves the latest announcements for a course.
• Fetch Coursework: Retrieves the latest coursework for a course.
• Fetch Materials: Retrieves the latest course materials for a course.
• Send Webhook Notifications: Sends new activities to a specified webhook URL.
• Activity Monitoring: Checks for new activities based on the last check timestamp and triggers notifications.

Setup

1. Google Classroom API Setup:

   • Enable the Google Classroom API for your project on the Google Cloud Console.
   • Obtain the necessary OAuth 2.0 credentials and store them securely.

2. Django Configuration:

   • Clone this repository.
   • Install the required dependencies by running pip install -r requirements.txt.
   • Set up your appSettings with the following:
     • webhook_url: The URL where notifications will be sent.
     • last_check: The timestamp of the last check (optional, will be updated automatically).

3. Service Authentication:

   • Implement the authenticate() function to handle OAuth 2.0 authentication and obtain the credentials necessary to access the Google Classroom API.

4. Run the Project:

   • Start the Django server using python manage.py runserver.
   • Access the endpoint that triggers notify_new_activity to start checking for updates.

Usage

• Trigger Activity Check:

  • Make a GET request to the endpoint where notify_new_activity is called. This will initiate the process of checking for new announcements, coursework, and materials, and send notifications if new activities are found.

• Customizing Notifications:

  • Modify the send_request(item) function to customize how notifications are sent to the webhook.

Code Explanation

• get_course_announcements(service, course_id): Fetches announcements for a specific course.
• get_coursework(service, course_id): Fetches coursework for a specific course.
• get_materials(service, course_id): Fetches materials for a specific course.
• send_request(item): Sends a notification to the configured webhook URL.
• parse_datetime(dt_str): Parses a datetime string from the Google Classroom API.
• notify_new_activity(service): Checks for new activities in all courses and sends notifications if new activities are found.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more details.