BetterDeals

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Inspiration

We don't like CoHo. CoHo is the corner store found in the tunnels under DSP at RIT.

What it does

Scans a food bar code locally, then sends it back to a Flask server which finds the product name using a UPCDatabase converter. Then it web scrapes online for cheap prices for the item and returns clickable urls back to the user.

How we built it

Tediously. The bar code scanner is a library included in AJAX. We faught with API's a lot, until we just decided to web scrape our own.

Challenges we ran into

Started node now we're at Flask. Nobody wants to give API's.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

It works!

What we learned

• API's suck.
• How bar codes work.
• Some front end.
• First time using Flask

What's next for BetterDeals

• Accepting user inputs
• Make prettier
• Higher accuracy
• Add filters
• Nutrition Facts
• Maybe expanding past food
• Faster bar code scanner

Built With

• flask
• html
• javascript
• python