function publisher(){
  var arr = [], l = document.links;
  for(var i=0; i<l.length; i++) {
    arr.push(l[i].href);
  }
  var publish_count = 0;
  //for (var url_checking in arr){
  arr.forEach(function (url_checking, index) {
     if (url_checking.includes("teacher/assignments")){
        var split_url = url_checking.split("teacher/assignments/")[1].split("/edi")[0];
        var url_to_post = "https://repl.it/data/teacher/assignments/" + split_url + "/publish";
        $.post(url_to_post) ;
        publish_count = publish_count + 1;
     }
  });
  alert("Published a total of " + publish_count + " activities")
  location.reload(); 
}
publisher()