generate-lead-alignments

Python code to generate lead alignments of the institutes into a text format which we can link with the signup form

Overview

This script fetches alignment data for a specified entity from a remote JSON API and writes the alignment information to a file in a specific format. The data is retrieved from the URL https://gis-api.aiesec.org/v2/lists/mcs_alignments.json?mc_id[]=495&mc_id[]=537 and filtered based on the provided entity ID (EY_ID). The filtered data is then written to a file named alignments.txt.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.x
• Internet connection (to fetch data from the API)

Setup

1. Ensure you have Python 3.x installed on your machine. You can download it from python.org.

2. Install necessary libraries if they are not already installed. The script uses the following Python libraries:

   • urllib.request (comes with the standard library)
   • json (comes with the standard library)

3. Replace the placeholder ENTITY CODE HERE with the actual entity code. For example:

   EY_ID = 1623

##Running the Script

1. Save the script to a file, e.g., fetch_alignments.py.

2. Open a terminal or command prompt and navigate to the directory where the script is saved.

3.Run the script using Python:

  python fetch_alignments.py

4. If the script runs successfully, it will create a file named alignments.txt in the same directory as the script.

Script Explanation

• The script starts by importing necessary libraries.
• The EY_ID variable should be set to the entity ID for which you want to fetch alignments.
• The URL https://gis-api.aiesec.org/v2/lists/mcs_alignments.json?mc_id[]=495&mc_id[]=537 is used to fetch JSON data.
• The data is then parsed into a JSON object.
• The script iterates through the entities in the JSON object and processes the one that matches the EY_ID.
• For the matching entity, it writes the alignment data to a file named alignments.txt in the specified format.

Example Output The alignments.txt file will contain lines like:

<option data-id="12345" value="67890">Alignment Name</option>
<option data-id="54321" value="09876">Another Alignment</option>