SOON
Price Pulse
building
Price Pulse is a modern real-time price tracking application built on Next.js, designed to monitor and analyze price fluctuations across various e-commerce platforms. The application leverages Server-Side Rendering (SSR) and Edge-compatible middleware to deliver high-performance data fetching and request filtering. It provides users with automated monitoring of product URLs, visual price history charts, and instant notifications for significant price drops.
One of the primary technical challenges solved was the reliable extraction of data from dynamic e-commerce sites that rely heavily on client-side JavaScript. This was achieved through a robust background scraping layer that periodically validates product data and stores historical 'pulses' in a MongoDB database. The frontend utilizes custom React hooks and TypeScript-based charting libraries to transform raw historical data into actionable trend analysis, helping users make data-driven purchasing decisions.