OPT Case Tracker
Track your OPT case status with Python. Scrape USCIS website, get real-time updates.
OPT Case Tracker is a Python application that allows users to track the status of their OPT (Optional Practical Training) cases on the USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) website. It provides a convenient way to scrape case statuses for a given OPT case number and a specified number of cases to search around that number.
Features
- Scrapes case statuses
- Multiprocessing and threading for faster scraping
- Progress updates with a progress bar
- Summary statistics of approved, denied, and pending cases
- Caching for faster subsequent runs
- Optional Logging support
- Optional Graphical representation of summary statistics
Usage
- Clone the repository and navigate to the project directory.
- Install the required dependencies listed in
requirements.txt
. - Run the
main.py
script. - Enter the OPT case number and select the number of cases to search around.
- The app will display a progress bar and retrieve the case statuses.
- Once the scraping is complete, the app will display the case numbers, statuses, and summary statistics.
Dependencies
beautifulsoup4
requests
tqdm
questionary
matplotlib
Refer to requirements.txt
for specific versions.
Note: This project was developed for educational purposes and to showcase web scraping techniques. Use it responsibly and respect the USCIS website’s terms of use.