Just4Me

Just4Me is a website that allows you to run an automation of Von's and Albertson's Just4U Virtual Coupons.

Motivation

The motivation behind this project was to automate the virtual coupon clicking that Von's has for their Just4U program. One day when I was at my parents house my Mom was going through their website clicking each and every coupon on the site just in case she might buy one of the items later. I sat down and tried to do it a bit faster by hand, but it still felt like there would be a better way. After getting some exposure to Selenium I realised I could use it to automate the process.

Later I wanted to set up the automation to run on a cron job, so I wouldn't have to run the automation for my Mom and me. However, Windows 10 isn't as easy to set up crons as I'd like, so I made a website wrapper for the original code and hosted it on Heroku.

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Dependencies

• selenium
• webdriver-manager
• flask
• gunicorn
• Flask-WTF
• email_validator

Dependency Installation

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Environment Variables

SECRET_KEY: A secret key for Flask
TOKEN: A secret token for access control to running the automation
CHROMEDRIVER_PATH: The path to the heroku chrome driver build pack executable 
GOOGLE_CHROME_BIN: The path to the heroku chrome driver build pack binary 
ENV: Prod/Dev for running locally without heroku buildpacks requirements

• ENV is optional and will default to dev if left unfilled
• CHROMEDRIVER_PATH and GOOGLE_CHROME_BIN are not required in a dev environment as they're not used for local run

How to Run

Pre-Requisites

• Install the Dependencies
• Set the Environment Variables
  • Running via CLI
    • export SECRET_KEY=xxxx
    • export TOKEN=xxxx
  • Running via heroku local
    • Populate a .env file with the secrets

      •    SECRET_KEY=xxxx
           TOKEN=xxxx
        

Running

• Via CLI

  • python app.py

• Via heroku local

  • Windows
    • heroku local -f Procfile.windows
  • Not Windows
    • heroku local

Example

The website is live at https://wfox-just4me.herokuapp.com/

Automation Example, this runs headless on Heroku

Deployment

The bot is currently deployed on Heroku.

The deployment is automated using the Deploy to Heroku Action from AkhileshNS.

Acknowledgements

• SalvatoreTosti/flask-template

  • For getting me started on Heroku

• Corey Schafer's Full-Featured Web App

  • For getting me comfortable with a Flask website

Next Steps

• Notify User on Completion/Failed Login