SustainaBuy

💡 Inspiration

• We all want to be sustainable, but it can be challenging.
• Two major barriers are the time-consuming research required to find sustainable products and the lack of incentives for people to shop sustainably.
• Our team aimed to overcome these obstacles at Hack the MIST for not just us, but the 2.14 billion e-commerce shoppers around the world.

🤖 What It Does

• Say hello to the future of sustainable shopping with SustainaBuy - the tool that helps you find the perfect product for both you and the planet, and rewards you for it! With one click, the extension pop-up automatically fetches and displays product information, eliminating the need for additional research.
• SustainaBuy also incentivizes eco-friendly purchases with credits from sponsors who want to offset their carbon footprint.

👨‍💻 How We Built It

• We used JavaScript to implement the extension's logic and search product webpages for information such as ingredients, manufacturer, packaging, and other relevant details.
• HTML and CSS were used to design the extension's pop-up interface where users can see the product's extracted information and sustainability evaluation score.
• Finally, we employed OpenAI to evaluate the product based on a specified set of parameters to generate an overall sustainability score.

🤯 Challenges We Faced

• We faced challenges in scraping web data due to inconsistencies in the different layouts and field IDs.
• We also encountered issues with the OpenAI API keys, which reset without notice, leading to needless debugging.

😎 Accomplishments We're Proud Of

• Through our work on SustainaBuy, we were able to build an extension that has the potential to make a significant impact on sustainability.
• We're proud of the fact that we were able to create a tool that not only makes it easier for consumers to make environmentally conscious purchasing decisions, but also incentivizes them to do so.
• Additionally, we were able to successfully integrate the OpenAI API, which allowed us to evaluate the sustainability of products based on a specified set of parameters. What We Learned

😃 What We Learned

• One of the biggest challenges we faced while working on SustainaBuy was dealing with the inconsistencies in web data scraping due to different layouts and field IDs.
• However, through trial and error, we were able to develop a system that could reliably extract the relevant information from product web pages.
• We also learned a lot about the OpenAI API and how it can be used to evaluate the sustainability of products.

• Using PostMan API Platform to test our API requests.

• Overall, we learned that building a sustainable shopping tool is a complex task that requires a lot of different skills and expertise.

• However, we also learned that with hard work and collaboration, it's possible to create something that can make a real difference in the world.

• We're excited to continue working on SustainaBuy and to see how it can evolve and grow in the future.

😉 What's Next for SustainaBuy

• We hope to improve SustainaBuy's capabilities by incorporating user feedback and expanding the set of parameters used to evaluate sustainability.
• Our ultimate goal is to create a more sustainable future by encouraging eco-friendly consumer behavior.

Built With

• chrome
• css3
• extension
• html5
• javascript
• openai