🎓 RateMyProfessors Bot

A Discord bot built with Node.js and Discord.js, made to help students find, compare, and explore professor ratings from RateMyProfessors.com. Users can select their college, search for professors, view ratings, and compare professors directly within Discord.

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🚀 Features

• 🔍 /searchcollege [query] — Search for a list of colleges by keyword
• 🎓 /setcollege [College Name] — Set your preferred college (required for all professor lookups)
• ❌ /clearcollege — Clears your selected college
• 👨‍🏫 /professor [Full Name] — View rating, difficulty, and reviews of a specific professor
• 🌟 /topprofessors — Displays top-rated professors (by RMP rating) at your selected college
• ⚖️ /compare [Prof A], [Prof B] — Compare two professors side-by-side

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Layer	Tool
Bot Framework	discord.js
Professor Data	ratemyprofessor-api
Config Handling	dotenv
Language	JavaScript (Node.js)

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📦 Setup Instructions

1. Clone the Repo

git clone https://github.com/eristenn/rate-my-professors-bot.git
cd professor-finder-bot-js

2. Install Dependencies

npm install

3. Configure Environment Create a .env file:

DISCORD_TOKEN=your-bot-token-here

4. Run the Bot

node index.js

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Uninstallation

Delete node_modules and the lock file

rm -rf node_modules package-lock.json

Uninstall globally installed packages

npm uninstall -g ratemyprofessor-api

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🧪 Example Commands

/searchcollege harvard
/setcollege Harvard University
/professor John Smith
/topprofessors
/compare Jane Doe, John Smith
/clearcollege

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🧠 Future Enhancements

• Persist user college preferences with a database
• Add support for fuzzy name matching
• Add reaction-based rating summaries
• Web dashboard for college analytics

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📄 License

MIT License. See LICENSE.

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👨‍💻 Author

Your Name
GitHub: @eristenn

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