Introduction

This provides an unofficial API for querying the main WAEC site for results of a candidate. It is possible for it to suddenly break as site's markup is susceptible to random changes though you can always send a PR if I am late to fixing the code to work with such change(s).

Installation

Ensure you have composer installed already, else you could look that up here. In the project's root directory, run composer update to install dependencies and php -S 127.0.0.1:3000 to start the php server listening on port 3000 on the localhost.

Fetch Results

Fetches the result of the candidate using the parameters given. Sending HTTP POSTs to / and result both yields the same response.

Url

/, result

Method

POST

Data Parameters

The data parameters correspond to the form fields found on the main website. They include:

Required:

• ExamNumber=[String]: String representation of the candidate's examination number.
• ExamYear=[Integer]: Integer representation of the examination year.
• ExamType=[String]: Either MAY/JUN OR NOV/DEV, representing the examination type.
• serial=[String]: String representation of the Scratch card's serial number.
• pin=[String]: String representation of the Scratch card's PIN.

Optional:

None.

Response

All API response are JSON formatted and three consistent keys viz: http_code, success and content. These keys can be used to deduce the status of the request even before the other keys are analyzed.

• http_code=[Integer]: Valid HTTP code representing the request status.
• success=[bool]: A true or false response indicating whether we were able to get the results or not.
• content: An embedded json object whose key-value pairs depend on the first two keys.

The keys in the content object depend on whether http_code is 200 or not (success or failure) and are explained below:

Success

• title=[String]: Content of the HTML <title> sent to browsers from the main site. Usually "WAECDIRECT ONLINE - RESULTS" for successful checks.
• candidate_number=[String]: String value of the candidate's examination number.
• candidate_name=[String]: String value of the candidate's full name.
• exam_type: String value of the exam type and year combined.
• center: String value of the candidate's examination center.
• grades: An embedded json object whose key-value pairs correspond to the subjects taken by the student and their grade in each of them.

Failure

• title=[String]: Content of the HTML <title> sent to the browsers from the main site. May or may not be present for failed requests.
• error_title=[String]: Title of the encountered error.
• error_message=[String]: Tad more detailed error message.

Sample Call

Using jQuery's ajax method;

    var candidateInfo = { "ExamNumber": "5078802000", "ExamType": "MAY/JUN",
        "ExamYear": "2015", "serial": "QWA123456789", "pin": "9081803423"
    };
    $.ajax({
        url: "/result",
        dataType: "json",
        data: candidateInfo,
        type: "POST",
        success: function(response){
            console.log(response);
        }
    });

On success, the value of response from the above will be such:

[
  {
    "http_code": 200,
    "success": true,
    "content": {
      "title": "\r\n\tWAECDIRECT ONLINE - RESULTS\r\n",
      "candidate_number": "AGADA JULIET AMUYINI",
      "candidate_name": "5081802023",
      "exam_type": "NOV/DEC WASSCE2015",
      "center": "Federal Government College, Otobi",
      "grades": {
        "ECONOMICS": "B2",
        "GEOGRAPHY": "A1",
        "ENGLISH LANGUAGE": "A1",
        "FURTHER MATHEMATICS": "B3",
        "MATHEMATICS": "B2",
        "AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE": "A1",
        "BIOLOGY": "A1",
        "CHEMISTRY": "B3",
        "PHYSICS": "A1"
      }
    }
  }
]

On failure, the response will be such (assuming invalid scratch card as the reason for failure):

[
  {
    "http_code": 302,
    "success": false,
    "content": {
      "error_message": "INVALID SCRATCH CARD DETAIL",
      "error_title": "INVALID SCRATCH CARD DETAIL",
      "title": "Object moved"
    }
  }
]

Disclaimer

I am in no way affiliated to WAEC, Fleet Technologies or Vatebra Technologies!!!