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The document outlines a group project to develop a price comparison website using Python, aimed at helping consumers easily compare product prices across various e-commerce platforms. It details the use of web scraping and API integration to gather data, along with features like product reviews and a user-friendly interface. The project also addresses challenges such as data security and real-time updates while highlighting future enhancements like mobile app integration and machine learning for personalized recommendations.

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Python_PPT(5)[1]

The document outlines a group project to develop a price comparison website using Python, aimed at helping consumers easily compare product prices across various e-commerce platforms. It details the use of web scraping and API integration to gather data, along with features like product reviews and a user-friendly interface. The project also addresses challenges such as data security and real-time updates while highlighting future enhancements like mobile app integration and machine learning for personalized recommendations.

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Price Comparison

Website
for Online Shopping

•GROUP PROJECT
•405B
•Python
Kartik Bhatt(24BCS11116)

Bismanpreet Singh(24BCS10316)

Group Ansh Thakur(24BCS12379)


Members:
Kunal Khera(24BCS11445)

Rishav Kumar(2BCS10976)
Introduction

A website that
compares prices of
What is a Price
products across
Comparison Website?
different e-commerce
platforms.
Problem Statement
The Problem:

Consumers often Lack of a unified


spend time visiting platform for easy
multiple websites and quick price
to compare prices. comparison.
• Develop a web-based tool using
Python that allows users to
compare prices of products across
multiple online retailers.
Objective of
the Project
Features of the Website

Compare prices from


Search for a product.
different vendors.

Product reviews and Link to vendor websites


ratings. for purchase.
We Will Do
Web Scraping In Our Website
For Collecting Data
From Different E-Commerce Websites
What Is Web Scraping?

• Web scraping is an automated process used to extract data from


websites. It involves fetching the content of web pages and then
parsing that content to retrieve specific pieces of information.
How Web Scraping Works

• Web Scraping Process:


• Using Python libraries like BeautifulSoup to extract data from e-
commerce websites.
• Automating data collection from HTML pages.
• Handling dynamic content with Selenium (for JavaScript-heavy websites).
We Will Do
API Integration
Also In Our Website
What Is API Integration?

•API integration is the process of


connecting two or more software
applications through their
Application Programming
Interfaces (APIs) to enable them
to communicate and share data or
functionality.
Why We Use API’s In Our
Website?
•We will use APIs from various e-
commerce sites to access product
information like prices and stock
availability.
How This Website Works:
•User: Interacts with the website by searching for a product.

•Web Application (Frontend): User submits the search query


via a web form.

•API/Web Scraping Module: The backend retrieves data from


APIs (e.g., Amazon, eBay) or scrapes data from websites using
Python libraries like BeautifulSoup.

•Comparison Logic: The backend logic compares prices from


different platforms
•and formats the results.

•Web Application (Backend): Sends the price comparison


results to the frontend
•
Web Scraping Libraries

• Tools:
• BeautifulSoup for parsing
HTML.
• Scrapy for large-scale
scraping.
• Selenium for dynamic
pages.
User Interface (UI) Design

Overview
• The UI is simple and user-friendly, allowing users to
search for products and compare prices easily.

Key UI Features
• Search Bar: Prominently placed at the top for easy
access.
• Results Page: Displays the product name, image,
vendor name, and price.
• Navigation: Intuitive menus that guide users
between search results and product details.
Web • Once you've collected and stored price data, the
next step is to build a front-end interface that
Framework: allows users to view and compare prices. This is
Building The where a web framework comes in. Python
provides powerful web frameworks like Flask
Website and Django, each suited for different types of
projects.
Interface
Key Concepts In A Web Framework:

Routing: Mapping URLs to specific functions or views.

Templates: HTML files that are dynamically rendered by the web server, often
populated with data from the backend.

Database Interaction: Using the backend to retrieve data from a database and
display it to users in a meaningful way.

Forms & User Input: If you want users to search for specific products, you'll need
forms to capture input.
Django: A Full-Featured
Framework

• Django is a more comprehensive framework


than Flask. It includes many features out of
the box like an admin panel, ORM (Object-
Relational Mapping), user authentication, and
more. This makes Django a good choice for
more complex web applications.
Flask: A Lightweight
Framework

• Flask is a micro-framework that is easy to use


and beginner-friendly. It doesn't come with
built-in features like Django, but this makes it
more flexible if you want to customize it.
Challenges:

Handling anti-scraping mechanisms (CAPTCHAs, IP blocking).

Ensuring real-time data updates.

Parsing unstructured data from different e-commerce platforms.


Security Concerns

• Security Measures:
• SSL(Secure Sockets Layer)
Encryption for data
protection.
• Avoiding terms of service
violations with scraping.
• Ensuring API rate limits are
respected.
CODE :
import requestsfrom bs4 import BeautifulSoup
# Define URLs of the product pages you want to compareurls = {
"Example Store 1": "https://example1.com/product-page",
"Example Store 2": "https://example2.com/product-page",
"Example Store 3": https://example3.com/product-page
}
# Function to fetch the price from a product page
def fetch_price(url, site_name): try:
headers = {
"User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko)
Chrome/91.0.4472.124 Safari/537.36"
} response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
response.raise_for_status()
# Check for request errors soup = BeautifulSoup(response.content, 'html.parser')
# Adjust the following selector according to the website's HTML
structure if site_name == "Example Store 1":
price = soup.select_one(".price-tag-selector").text
elif site_name == "Example Store 2":
price = soup.select_one("#price-id").text
elif site_name == "Example Store 3":
price = soup.select_one(".price-class").text
else:
price = "Price not found"
# Clean the price text and convert it to a float
return float(price.replace("$", "").replace(",", ""))
except Exception as e: print(f"Error fetching price from {site_name}: {e}")
return None#
Main code to compare pricesdef compare_prices(): prices = {}
# Fetch prices from each URL for site_name, url in urls.items():
price = fetch_price(url, site_name) if price is not None:
prices[site_name] = price
# Display comparison results
if prices: sorted_prices = sorted(prices.items(), key=lambda x:
x[1])
print("Price Comparison:")
for site, price in sorted_prices:
print(f"{site}: ${price}")
print(f"\nLowest Price: {sorted_prices[0][0]} at $
{sorted_prices[0][1]}") else:
print("No prices available to compare.")
# Run the price comparison
compare_prices()
Future Enhancements

• Future Plans:
• Mobile app integration.
• Machine Learning for better
product recommendations.
• User account management
for personalized experience.
Conclusion

• Summarize:
• Python is a powerful language for
building price comparison websites.
• The project helps consumers make
better purchasing decisions
efficiently.
• Challenges can be managed with the
right tools and techniques.
Thanks For Your
Attention

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