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🔹 AI-Driven Price Comparison Engine MVP
👤 Client: 🇩🇰 Denmark Member since 2026-04-21
💰 Price: $1,000
🚩 Problem: Need for structured data and AI-driven price comparison logic.
📦 Existing: [Not specified]

Specifications:

[Target] Database Setup: Design a database schema to store prices from multiple supermarket chains (Google Sheets/Supabase/PostgreSQL).
[Method] AI Integration (OCR): Develop a pipeline for extracting product data from images using OCR API.
[UI/UX] Routing Logic: Implement an algorithm to calculate the cheapest shopping route based on user's shopping list and available prices across multiple stores.
[Stack] Automated Price Scraping: Use Selenium, Playwright, or Beautiful Soup to scrape real-time prices from 4 major Danish grocery retailers' websites. Ensure dynamic content handling and daily updates.
[Security] Database Security: Implement secure data storage and access controls for the database.
[Format] API Integration: Enable the backend engine to connect with frontend tools (Glide Apps, FlutterFlow, Adalo) via APIs.

Workflow:

1. Define database schema and set up initial database (Google Sheets/Supabase/PostgreSQL).
2. Integrate OCR API for extracting product data from images.
3. Develop routing logic algorithm to calculate cheapest shopping routes.
4. Implement web scraping engine using Selenium, Playwright, or Beautiful Soup.
5. Ensure dynamic content handling and daily updates in the scraper.
6. Secure database with proper access controls.
7. Integrate backend engine with frontend tools via APIs.