DeliverToCare

Backend-Firebase
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** We would like to be judged for altruistic hack, retro hack, upgrade, data-driven categories**

Inspiration

Lots of people, especially college students have to shift apartments every semester and one of the main problems they face is moving their stuff from one place to another. Delivery services like UHaul cost so much sometimes that people often end up spending more than twice the amount of money of the item just due to extra transportation costs.

What it does

DeliverToCare helps connect such people in need who want their stuff to be moved from one location to another with those who want to volunteer to do so. The volunteers can see the people who want help near them in a 5 km radius when they login, get in contact with them and then use their personal vehicles to help out.

How we built it

We made the website using HTML, CSS and JavaScript. We stored the inquirer's data at the backend using the Firebase database. Using the Google Geocoding API, we converted the street addresses which the inquirer inputs into latitude and longitude, which can be used to display markers on the volunteer's map.

Challenges we ran into

We initially tried implementing the backend through MySQL and NodeJS. However, we couldn't connect the two in VSCode and lost quite a lot of time there. Secondly, retrieving the inquirer' data from firebase to display it to the volunteer was a difficult task as we were all new to the Firebase platform.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

When MySQL didn't work, we were almost out of 3/4th of the time we had in hand. Still, we took it upon ourselves to learn Firebase and make it functional. We didn't give up until the very end and motivated each other whenever a team member lost their will.

What we learned

As mentioned above, we all were quite new to Firebase platform, thus that was one of the main learning area. Secondly, we learnt how to use multiple APIs such as Google maps API, Places API, Geolocation API, etc. We also learnt many new JavaScript functionalities.

What's next for DeliverToCare

We want to add certain functionality for the volunteer so that he/she can see filtered searches according to the size of the item, proximity and times they are available.

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I worked on both the front-end and the backend. I created the inquirer information form and helped in styling of different pages. At the backend, I contributed in fetching data from firebase to generate markers of the locations given by the inquirer. It was quite a wholesome experience for me as I tried things which I haven’t done before this. Despite all the challenges, I’m proud that we made a functional website that supports social welfare.

Rijul Mehta
It was a project that I am finally satisfied with. I built the website from the ground up. In those two days, I learned a lot. Using JQuery, I was able to create a header template on the front end. It was the most effective thing because it significantly decreased work. After creating the header, I created a number of forms for data collection and registration. After finishing this job, I began setting up the volunteers' Google Maps API and noting the actual location. I made a lot of mistakes, but I eventually moved past them. After creating the template, we attempted to connect it to MySQL, but it appears that VS Code was having an issue with MySQL. So I made the choice to switch to Firebase. I have never before worked with a real-time database. We went through a ton of documentation, nevertheless we were able to link it to our website. The strategy I had in mind was carried out, and even though I lost, I still came out ahead for myself.

Devansh Mohan Sinha
I worked with the front-end, design and the smooth relay of information between the front end and the back end. More specifically, I worked to relay and fetch data to and from the firebase live database. One step at a time made a difference!

Samujjwal Kumar
I worked on the backend, it was my first time using firebase and google cloud apis. It was a bit intimidating at first but as I worked through every step, it got fun and exciting. I made use of a google api to retrieve the exact location especially the latitudes and longitudes from the street address provided by the user.

Devika Papal

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Rijul Mehta started this project — Oct 23, 2022 08:26 AM EDT

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