USCIS-STATUS

using Beautifulsoup and mechanize to parse the website of USCIS

• makes requests to the USCIS website
  • requests are logged and added to the database
    • timestamped (usual datetime format with ms)
    • message is compressed: the number of templates is small
      • classes (can they be automatically generated from)
  • this is the only way to add entries to the database
• request to the api
  • managed by api
    • prioritize simple requests to database
    • scarce requests to website directly
• periodic (daily) call to the website
  • feed database with pending cases data
  • list of pending cases to be managed
• user account to manage subscription to cases
• email service to send subscription results
• api for useful statistics
• website
• android app