Paladin

Inspiration

We were inspired by the different use of a rating system.

What it does

Paladin is a rating software extension. It searches the user's name and looks for social media and personal information that is public on the internet. It will give a rating out of 100. If they have their social media public or any personal information that may bring harm if public, then their rating will drop. Users can fix their poor practices and refresh Paladin to get a new rating.

How we built it

We built it using Javascript, Python 3 and using an API called Zenserp. We went through planning to figure out all the details, for example, scoring, what Paladin will look for, and what is important. We also used GitHub to combine our codes and work together. Finally, we used Domain.com to create a website for Paladin. The website is bthpaladin.tech and we used Website Builder to build the design.

Challenges we ran into

One of the challenges we ran into was that our original API, Serpapi, would return an XMLHttpRequest CORS error. This caused Paladin to not be able to return an adjacent file that is needed to carry out its purpose. We fixed the issue by using another API as we were unable to fully fix the issue even with the advice of the mentors. The API we used, in the end, is Zenserp.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are proud of being able to create our extension Paladin and the domain for it.

What we learned

We learned how to create an extension.

What's next for Paladin

Machine learning.

Built With

• javascript
• python
• zenserp