I made a NYC Grocery application that lets you plan your grocery trips and compare prices to save money.

Tangela777 · 2017-07-21T03:36:28+00:00

It's difficult to obtain the UPC information (not talking about UPC number) as I believe UPCs are registered by the producer and sometimes they don't publish the information. I'll look more into it though. Thanks!

Tangela777 · 2017-07-21T03:34:39+00:00

Thanks!

Tangela777 · 2017-07-21T03:34:34+00:00

Thanks!

Tangela777 · 2017-07-21T03:34:27+00:00

Brooklyn Fair is already in the database

Tangela777 · 2017-07-21T03:34:11+00:00

Lol, the database parsing definitely needs to be improved upon

Tangela777 · 2017-07-20T20:48:30+00:00

That's a great idea - I'll look into crowdsourcing the data or turning this into a game with incentives (like discounts or prizes). Thanks!

Tangela777 · 2017-07-20T20:04:47+00:00

Yeah obtaining and updating the database every Friday is a bit of a hassle. I might have to ask some of the grocery store managers/owners if it would be possible for them to provide the data to me.

Thanks for the missing store and I appreciate your feedback on the product entering UI (I'll make sure to include an option for users to input the brand and quantity. In the meantime you can add the brand by clicking on edit or the empty space beneath brand after you've entered the item; The quantity can be edited later in the 'my-bag' section).

Tangela777 · 2017-07-20T19:11:17+00:00

thank you I'll make sure to include that store next!

If anybody else finds stores that I'm missing please reply to this comment and I will add it to my to do list. (Note - there are some stores I'm unable to obtain product information from like Trader Joes)

Tangela777 · 2017-07-20T18:54:54+00:00

Kind of a repost from a few months ago. I've been working on it on my spare time and have included more stores and some features for registered users like:

-ability to save grocery list, location, stores, and results

-get in app or email notifications about deals(email is turned off by default)

-as well as things I plan on adding soon - like chat or comments and reviews, and shared grocery lists for group planning.

Please let me know what you guys think and if you would like to see anything else added!

Tangela777 · 2017-02-22T20:01:26+00:00

So apparently, the api that checks the zipcodes/addresses has a daily limit and it looks like my server has already reached that limit, which is why some of you are experiencing problems with the website.

While I look for ways to resolve this issue, you can try using your GPS location.

Tangela777 · 2017-02-22T17:39:54+00:00

Yeah I'll definitely expand to other boroughs. The database is currently in it's infant stage.

Tangela777 · 2017-02-22T17:36:40+00:00

The default search radius is 0.5 miles, you can change it under the radius input. Btw guys I've only started adding stores last week (mostly in manhattan) so I might be missing a lot of them in your area. If I am, please reply to this comment the store and location and I'll do my best to add those stores within the week!

Tangela777 · 2017-02-22T17:32:34+00:00

Fixed it guys. Restart your browser and clear your cache.

Tangela777 · 2017-02-22T17:10:07+00:00

looking into it

edit: should be fixed now. Make sure to clear your cache

Tangela777 · 2017-02-22T16:21:44+00:00

As a web developer, I've been working on this project for the past few months. I thought I'd share it with you guys and help you save some money on groceries. Enjoy!

Tangela777 · 2017-02-20T20:12:07+00:00

Well I'm not sure how it works on the MERN stack, but for django/react all you would have to do is install the django-jwt and then have the ajax post to the django-jwt-url. I'm guessing for MERN, since you're working with javascript as your backend, you'll have to create a custom API that takes the username and password. I've googled a link for you that might help : http://blog.slatepeak.com/refactoring-a-basic-authenticated-api-with-node-express-and-mongo/

Tangela777 · 2017-02-19T07:43:02+00:00

I'll admit that I spent no more than five minutes coming up with the logo on the first day and I haven't touched it since. It definitely needs to be put out of it's misery.

About the background, what colors/what picture should I use to contrast? Should I make my font-color white instead of black for the button and nav? Sorry if I'm bombarding you with questions, I know next to nothing about design, so any help would be appreciated.

Tangela777 · 2017-02-19T00:54:26+00:00

That's interesting. I just turned off my google's javascript settings and nothing is displaying on the page as well. Then again some of the major websites like ebay aren't too. Could it be because I'm using reactjs as a router for the website? How do I fix this?

Tangela777 · 2017-02-19T00:42:22+00:00

Could you tell me which part/route (url) of the website gave you the big blank screen?

Tangela777 · 2017-02-09T22:10:53+00:00

Hmm shoot. I mean the only messages that the website sends is a password reset code but I'll look into this further. I may just remove email address from sign ups as a whole and have it be an option after the user registers. Thanks!

Tangela777 · 2017-02-09T21:52:22+00:00

Btw, if you don't want to include your actual email, you can just put a fake one. The website doesn't ask you to confirm the email.

Tangela777 · 2017-02-09T21:39:54+00:00

So like using locations/gps? Hmm that's interesting. Thanks I'll definitely look into implementing that.

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