Sprout

A full demonstration of this app in use can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29kMLJ76U1g

Welcome to Sprout, an app built that allows you to identify, catalogue, and purchase plants. Simply scan a plant to find out what it is and information about how to care for it, then either add it to your Garden or Wishlist to keep a track of your plants. You can set reminders to water, and nearby shops to purchase items in your wishlist, and earn medals for using Sprout!

Features

Identify plants by taking pictures, uploading them from your camera roll, or searching by common name
Recieve information on the plant, including scientific name, family, and how to care for it.
Add plants to "My Garden" to keep track of the plants you own
Set push notification reminders to water your plants
Add plants to "My Wishlist"
See nearby stores to purchase plants, linked via Google Maps to take you to a store of your choice
See all the plants you've scanned
Earn a range of medals for scanning plants and adding them to your garden

Tech Stack

This app uses JavaScript, TypeScript, React-Native, Expo, AWS, S3 Buckets, Amplify, Cognito, DynamoDB and Adobe Suite.

Set up : APIs and AWS

To run this app, you will need to be registered and obtain a key from AWS (https://aws.amazon.com/), google maps (https://developers.google.com/maps/), plant.id (www.https://plant.id/) and Trefle (https://trefle.io/).

To set up AWS:

cd into sprout
create a folder named aws-config.js
Paste the following, with your own AWS Auth information. import { StorageHelper } from "@aws-amplify/core";

const storage = new StorageHelper().getStorage(); const awsConfiguration = { Auth: { <your authorization information here> }, Analytics: { disabled: true, }, }; export default awsConfiguration;

To set up APIs:

cd in to sprout
create a folder named config.ts
Paste the following with your own API keys:

export const config = { GOOGLE_API_KEY: <key here> TREFLE_API_KEY: <key here> PLANT_ID_API_KEY: <key here> };

Set up: Expo