Inspiration
Wanted to make a website that would scrape the best deals off the internet.
What it does
Our website scans data from ebay's data base for a preferred product to further then compare prices.
How we built it
We started with react to build the initials layout of the website creating the features and adding the information we needed. We then used css to give our website character and used different flex-boxes and grids to confine it to the shape we wanted. Finally, we imported our python to web scraper to write to a file allowing our JS code to read and interpret the data for practical use on our site.
Challenges we ran into
We ran into trouble integrating the python program with the react front end so that they would seamlessly work together in a website domain. Also struggled to make the functionalities we wanted to make such as a shopping cart and a search bar.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We were able to web scrape off E-Bay and present the data in a concise manner.
What we learned
We learned how to work together in GitHub and solve conflicting files. We learn how react can simplify and organize front end development. We also learn how to build some user responsive features using react.
What's next for E-Commies
Properly integrate the python and javascript together so a user can easily use it. Provide a search bar so that user is able to search for keywords to scrape. Optional: make the web scraping able to read from other websites other than E-Bay.
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