This is a submission for the Bright Data Web Scraping Challenge: Scrape Data from Complex, Interactive Websites
What I Built
Meet PriceTracker: your ultimate shopping sidekick. This amazing tool enables buyers to stay on top of price changes on Amazon with zero hassle. Using the robust Bright Data Scraping Browser, this application tackles the challenge of scraping dynamic web pages and solving user interactions like CAPTCHA challenges, delivering real-time product insights straight to your email inbox.
Key Features
- Interactive Header: A carousel highlighting key functionalities.
- Search Bar: Input Amazon product links for real-time tracking.
- Seamless Product Scraping: Fetch product names, prices, discounts, URLs, reviews and much more with ease.
- Scraped Product Display: See product images, titles, and pricing, all organized for easy viewing.
- Custom Alerts & Email Notifications: Provide an email address and get notified the moment your favorite product hits your desired price.
- Multi-Product Tracking: Keep tabs on multiple items at once.
- Export Data: Export your results as CSVs for further analysis or personal records.
- Automated Scraping (Cron Jobs): Utilize cron jobs to automate periodic scraping, ensuring data is up-to-date.
Demo
Live Demo: https://pricewatcher.vercel.app
Screenshots
All Tracked Products: A page to display the complete list of all products being tracked by the application.
Real-Time Scraping in Action: Watch as the app navigates Amazon’s dynamic pages, conquers CAPTCHAs, and extracts valuable data effortlessly.
Product Price Insights: See how the application organizes and displays extracted pricing data for maximum usability.
Product Tracking: Provide your email address to keep track of price differences.
How I Used Bright Data
Here’s how I leveraged Bright Data's scraping browser capabilities to tackle Amazon’s notorious anti-bot defenses:
CAPTCHA Handling
Amazon’s CAPTCHAs are notorious for disrupting scrapers. Bright Data’s built-in CAPTCHA-solving tools tackled this obstacle easily, allowing uninterrupted scraping without manual intervention.Dynamic Content Rendering
Amazon’s product pages rely heavily on JavaScript, Bright Data’s ability to render JavaScript in real time ensured I could extract accurate and up-to-date information effortlessly.Human-Like Interaction
The Scraping Browser simulates human behavior, avoiding detection by replicating user actions like navigation and data retrieval, ensuring the scraper remained undetected.
Challenges I Overcame
- Tough CAPTCHAs: Handling CAPTCHAs was the user interaction part of the project . By using Bright Data’s automated solutions, the tracker breezed through these challenges like a pro.
- Dynamic Web Content: With Bright Data’s rendering capabilities, I extracted crucial product information from Amazon’s JavaScript-heavy pages with precision.
- Compliance: I ensured that the scraper operated ethically and responsibly, respecting Amazon’s infrastructure while delivering value to users.
Why This Submission Stands Out
This isn’t just a scraper—it’s a high-powered application that combines cutting-edge technology with real-world practicality. The Amazon Price Tracker showcases Bright Data’s strengths in solving CAPTCHA challenges and handling dynamic content, offering users an invaluable tool for smarter shopping.
Tech Stack
- Frontend: Next.js, TailwindCSS, Headless UI
- Backend: MongoDB, Puppeteer, Cron Jobs
- Scraping Engine: Bright Data’s Scraping Browser
- Notifications: Resend for automated emails
Team Submission
This submission was made by https://dev.to/sholajegede
The project’s focus on a widely relatable problem—tracking Amazon prices—makes it both impactful and highly competitive.
Thank you for checking out my submission! Let’s make web scraping smarter, one line of code at a time.
Access the Full Codebase
Want to explore the complete implementation? Check out the fully implemented codebase on GitHub. Feel free to clone, experiment, and adapt it to your needs. Contributions and stars are always welcome!
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pricewatcher
Amazon Price Tracker | Track Amazon product prices and get notified immediately when they drop.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Developed using Next.js and Bright Data's Scraping Browser, this e-commerce product scraping site is designed to assist users in making informed decisions. It notifies users when a product drops in price and helps competitors by alerting them when the product is out of stock, all managed through cron jobs.
Tech Stack
- Next.js
- Bright Data
- Puppeteer
- Resend
- MongoDB
- Headless UI
- Tailwind CSS
Features
👉 Header with Carousel: Visually appealing header with a carousel showcasing key features and benefits
👉 Product Scraping: A search bar allowing users to input Amazon product links for scraping.
👉 Scraped Projects: Displays the details of products scraped so far, offering insights into tracked items.
👉 Scraped Product Details: Showcase the product image, title, pricing, details, and other relevant information scraped from the original website
👉 Track Option: Modal for users…
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