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🔹 Monitor Big Basket for iPhone stock and prices via Telegram alerts
👤 Client: 🇮🇳 delhi, India Member since 2017-07-10
💰 Price: $65 Average bid
🚩 Problem: Automate monitoring of iPhone stock and pricing on Big Basket with real-time notifications.
📦 Existing: Not specified

Specifications:

[Target] Monitor specific iPhone models (15, 16, 17) at multiple postcodes for availability and price changes.
[Method] Use Python with BeautifulSoup/Requests or Node.js with Puppeteer to scrape Big Basket.
[UI/UX] Telegram bot interface for alerts; no UI needed.
[Stack] Python + BeautifulSoup/Requests or Node.js + Puppeteer, Flask (for admin panel), PostgreSQL (for logs).
[Security] Store Telegram token and chat ID in environment variables or secure config file.
[Format] JSON for model and pincode configuration, log files for historical data.

Workflow:

Set up a virtual environment on a Linux VPS.
Install required dependencies: Python/Node.js, Flask, PostgreSQL, Telegram bot library.
Create a configuration file to store models, pincodes, and polling interval.
Develop the scraper using BeautifulSoup/Requests or Puppeteer for web scraping.
Implement logging functionality to record check history.
Integrate with Telegram API to send alerts based on stock and price changes.
Deploy application and test with a sample pincode.