UMass Schedule Builder Reverse Proxy

Local reverse-proxy to UMass Schedule Builder API with automatically refreshing authentication.

Configuration

Edit .env with your credentials:

# Required
UMASS_EMAIL=youremail@umass.edu
UMASS_PASSWORD=your_password

# Optional (shown with defaults)
PORT: 3007
KEEPALIVE_INTERVAL: 45000
COOKIE_PATH: .cache/cookies.json
BROWSER_DATA_DIR: .browser-data

# API Security (leave empty for no authentication)
# Generate: openssl rand -base64 32
API_KEY: your_secure_key_here

Usage

With Docker

# Start the service
docker compose up -d

# Check status
docker compose ps

# View logs
docker compose logs -f

# Stop the service
docker compose down

# Rebuild after code changes
docker compose up -d --build

With Bun

# Install dependencies
bun install

# Start the reverse proxy server
bun start

# Or extract cookies only
bun cookies

API Usage

Once the reverse proxy server is running:

# Public endpoints (no auth required)
curl http://localhost:3007/health
curl http://localhost:3007/api/terms

# Protected endpoints (requires API key if configured)
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  http://localhost:3007/api/terms/Spring%202026/courses

Inspiration

This project was inspired by @cougargrades/collegescheduler, which provides similar functionality for the University of Houston's CollegeScheduler system.