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A sale alert that periodically tracks real-time price online and sends reminder via Email whenever there is a price drop. The script is written in Python and Bash, with supports of BeautifulSoup.

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saleAlert

Sale alert reminds user any price drops of items in users 'wish lists via email. The project is written in Python and empowered by BeautifulSoup.

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  • Implemented web scraping functionality using BeautifulSoup to extract real-time prices for products.
  • Engineered rule-based algorithm to classify items from shopping sites with different html format.
  • Configured SMTP servers and set default tracking time interval using crontab to notify price changes via gmail

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A sale alert that periodically tracks real-time price online and sends reminder via Email whenever there is a price drop. The script is written in Python and Bash, with supports of BeautifulSoup.

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