Excuse my Zot

Ever been on a bad date and you can't find a way to get out of it? "Excuse my Zot" web app helps to fake emergency scenarios through text or call to excuse you from any situation.

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0:00 → Answer #1 (Detailed Description) 0:50 → Demo 3:17 → Answer #3 (Potential Impact) 3:46 → Answer #4 (Possible Additions) 4:34 → Answer #5 (Biggest Challenge)

Inspiration

As we were looking through the free APIs , "Excuser API" caught our attention. This API created excuses to get out of a situation and as we thought how this could relate to female empowerment we thought of situations where women typically want to get out of. Thus we came up with 'Excuse My Zot' .

What it does

'Excuse My Zot', allows women or anyone, to fake an emergency by using the app which will generate a fake random emergency situation through message or phone call to excuse the user out of their date, or uncomfortable situation. In serious cases there is also an 'Emergency' button that dials 911 for them in case the user feels like they are in danger.

How we built it

We built the front-end using REACT, html, and CSS which was deployed to Firebase. Meanwhile the backend incorporated different languages and systems such as Python and Flask framework and deployed the web application to Google Cloud.

Challenges we ran into

Our team’s biggest challenge was getting the getting the text messages being sent into a proper format. Formats varied depending on different phones and carriers. Navigating around that proved to be very difficult. Another major challenge was connecting front-end with back-end because we were learning as we were going we ran into a lot of moments of uncertainty.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Our biggest accomplishment was overcoming our biggest challenge which was sending SMS messages to the users based on their inputted phone numbers and selected phone carrier.

What we learned

We learned how to use and combine different platforms, such as REACT, Flask, Google Cloud, Firebase and overall how front-end and back-end work together and interact.

What's next for Excuse My Zot

For the future of Excuse My Zot , we would like to have the website be able to make automated calls to user in order to simulate a live phone call, we would also like to incorporate an API to verify user-inputted phone numbers by sending verification code to make sure their phone numbers are valid. As well as a system to handle user accounts, so users can have their information saved. And we would like to support more phone carriers.

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