QuickFlips

QuickFlips is a powerful and intuitive Discord bot that enables users to search for eBay items that are listed under the average market price.

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Showcase

• I have a showcase server for the bots I make:
• you could also check the screenshots folder for more.

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Features

• Advanced search - Quickly and easily search eBay for items below the average price, with typos, or that are about to expire.
• Sorting and filtering - Sorts all search results by price from low to high and provides filtering options such as categories and country to refine search results further.
• User-friendly interface - Easy-to-use commands with clear usage instructions:
  • q!QuickFlip <item name> - Fetches and displays items below the average price on eBay.
  • q!TypoFlip <item name> - Searches eBay for an item, with typos intentionally introduced in the search query to find deals.
  • q!LastFlip <item name> - Fetches and displays eBay items that are about to expire.
  • q!help - Displays all available commands along with their usage instructions.
• Efficient - Saves users time and effort in finding the best deals on eBay.

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How It's Made

• Python with enhanced-dpy library for Discord bot development.
• MongoDB for storing warned and muted users data
• To store data related to warned and muted users, I utilized MongoDB as my database management system. This allows store large amounts of data while ensuring optimal performance and scalability.
• To protect user anonymity, I hashed user IDs before they were stored in the database along with their confession messages links so that users that abuse this functionality get banned from using it.
• In order to enhance the functionality of the bot, I integrated a couple of APIs such as:
  • Unsplash for fetching random images
  • OpenWeatherMap for displaying weather information within the server
  • and Kanye West Quotes API for generating random quotes for the server.
• The bot is deployed on Heroku using a CI/CD pipeline for automatic deployment on every push to the main branch.

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Lessons Learned

• Learned how to use the enhanced-dpy library for Discord bot development.
• Gained experience in integrating SDKs such as eBay into a bot.
• Learned how to utilize MongoDB as a database management system to store user data.
• Gained experience in hosting bots on PaaSes and implementing CI/CD pipelines to streamline the development process.

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Installation

To install QuickFlips, follow these steps:

1. Visit the discord developer portal and add a bot there (give it admin privileges).
2. Set up an eBay API account and obtain your developer credentials.
3. Clone the repository.
4. Install dependencies using pip install -r requirements.txt.
5. copy env.template to .env and fill the options (bot token,mongodb credentials, etc...).
6. fill the ebay appid in the ebay.yaml file.
7. Run the bot using python pro_bot_x.py.