Eureka Moment! - Project Daddy's Diaper Deals

While my focus is still on EvoWars development and publishing my beta come November 1st, I had a bit of an eureka moment today.

As an expectant father, I'll be purchasing plenty of diapers in the coming months (years...).

So, as a simple (relatively simple) exercise, I thought I'd create an scraper against Amazon to find the best diaper deals.  And hence... Project Daddy's Diaper Deals.

Diaper Details

A couple nuances to keep in mind.  There are a dozen or so different diaper brands, so each brand will be its own category that will have to be scraped.  Additionally, there are different sizes of diapers.  (They're not one-size-fits-all...)

I'll start by creating the script for a single brand and a single size.  Once when I have the basic script setup, it should be a matter of adjusting the url inputs to grab the right page.

Then there's the matter of the actual scrapping.  We'll be looking for the diapers with the lowest price per count (per diaper).  Now, we know there's always the different price breaks for volume and with the newborn diapers, I've been told go big.  But with the larger sizes, mileage may vary.

Regardless, to get the best price per count, we'll be finding the largest volume option.  If you want to buy less, you can always change the selection.

That's it.  I'll be building a scraper for the top few brands and start with the newborn size.

Should have an MVP in the next few days and then I'll expand it to more options.

Cheers!
Alex