Paluto

Pagination list of sellers
List of all sellers
Sellers in specific area
Store Management
Store profile update with quick replies

Inspiration

Paluto is a filipino word meaning to ask someone to cook something for you. I live in a part of the Philippines where every household has a unique food specialty to offer. With the pandemic happening, many people lost their jobs and has switched to other means of generating income, and this includes selling home cooked foods. One problem is discoverability, their market is limited to friends, relatives, or with people connected with them on social media. This is where "Paluto" chatbot comes in, by connecting food sellers to the community without much needed technicality.

What it does

Paluto is a chat bot that allows sellers to create a record of the details of their store and menu listings they offer. Once a record is created, Paluto will allow buyers to search for sellers in a location, and see their menus easily by just using messenger!

How I built it

It is built using express js as a backend and mongodb as database for storing chat context and store/seller records.

Challenges I ran into

A lot of things have changed since the last time i used the messenger platform but the documentation is pretty useful, there's also some patterns that needs a bit of "hacking" such as paginating list of sellers!

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

This is an original concept that i did, but i managed to finish it just by reading the docs.

What I learned

The new features of messenger platform.

What's next for Paluto

I am planning to handle orders and connect them to riders (delivery) with COD(Cash on Delivery) as a method payment, only payment would be awesome too! I also wish to show the sellers on a website, but the images can't be used outside facebook so im still researching about it.