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Trackey

Trackey is a price tracking application built with Electron and Node.js. It allows users to monitor the prices of products on various websites and get alerts when the prices drop below a specified target. The application uses Azure OpenAI to dynamically determine the correct HTML selector for extracting the price from the webpage.

Features

  • Track prices of products from various websites.
  • Get alerts when prices drop below a specified target.
  • Uses Azure OpenAI to dynamically determine the correct HTML selector for price extraction.
  • Save and load trackers from a JSON file.

Setup

Prerequisites

  • Node.js installed on your machine.
  • An Azure OpenAI account with the necessary API keys and endpoint.

Steps to Setup Environment

  1. Clone the repository:

    git clone <repository-url>
cd trackey

  2. Install dependencies:

    npm install

  3. Create a .env file in the root directory and add your Azure OpenAI credentials. Refer to the .env.example file for the required environment variables:

    cp .env.example .env

    Edit the .env file and add your Azure OpenAI credentials:

    AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT=https://<your-azure-openai-endpoint>
AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY=<your-azure-openai-api-key>
AZURE_OPENAI_CHAT_COMPLETION_MODEL_DEPLOYMENT_ID=<your-deployment-id>
AZURE_OPENAI_API_VERSION=<your-api-version>

  4. Run the application:

    npm start

File Structure

  • main.js: The main file that initializes the Electron app, handles IPC events, and manages price tracking logic. See main.js for more details.
  • preload.js: Preloads scripts to expose APIs to the renderer process.
  • index.html: The main HTML file for the Electron app's UI.
  • trackers.json: A JSON file to save and load trackers.