Product info is retrieved Baker's REST API (the same one used by the website). Users can build a shopping cart and compare items.
Apikeyobject: holds randomly-generated string, number of requests made, results from last search, and the user's cart.- The API key is returned from the
gen-api-keyendpoint, and can be entered in the search page, where it is then saved as a cookie. - The search page returns a list of products and their prices. Clicking on the item gives all of the product's information (nutrition info, allergens, category, picture, ingredients).
- Users can add the item to the cart, and then are redirected to
/cart - In the cart menu, users can select items to compare, change the quantity, and remove items
Both the Hyvee and Baker's APIs work in similar ways, in that they have a two-step process for obtaining product data. First, the search query is sent to an endpoint that returns a list of product ids. Then, a second request is made with the product ids, which then returns the data on all products. The full article on this API's driver can be found here
Two requests are required in order to get a list of potential products. Each GraphQL query is stored in a JSON format in the project's home directory.
- Get product IDs from first endpoint,
/GetProductsAndFiltersFromElasticsearch. These IDs are then passed to the 2nd call. - product matches: returns basic product info (price, name, size, aisle/location, whether it's on sale, etc.) as well as images
- create a virtualenv and set it up:
python3 -m venv env
source env/bin/activate
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
- run the server:
cd backend && python3 manage.py runserver
- fix cart styling
- get csv export format to retain newlines
- add recipe creator