Make sure you have installed and followed all the following prerequisites on your development machine:
Item Stock Tracker’s documentation
Download the latest release from the repository based on your operating system.
Extract the zip file downloaded.
Run ItemStockTracker.exe from the extracted folder to launch the application.
To build the executable, you need to have pyinstaller installed which can be done using pip install pyinstaller
.
Navigate to ItemStockTracker
folder and run the below commands based on the operating system you are running.
For Windows
pyinstaller --distpath ./build/dist --workpath ./build/build --noconfirm ./ItemStockTracker.spec
For Mac
pyinstaller --distpath ./build/dist --workpath ./build/build --noconfirm ./ItemStockTrackerMac.spec
The executable will be found in the folder
ItemStockTracker/build/dist/ItemStockTracker/ItemStockTracker.exe
for windows
ItemStockTracker/build/dist/ItemStockTrackerMac/ItemStockTrackerMac.exe
for windows
By default, the GUI will already contain some data, which is loaded from data/tracker.txt
. To add your own items, click the plus button in the upper right. You will be prompted to enter a name for the item you are tracking, along with a URL for a specific product page. Currently, amazon.com
, bestbuy.com
and walmart.com
product pages are supported.
You can also edit, add, or delete items by right-clicking on a selected item,
When an item is restocked, a popup will appear. Aditionally, a system notification will also be generated
In the "Settings" tab you have the following functionalities:
Minimize to system tray - Don't want to see the window in the taskbar ? Just minimize it to system tray. You will see a plus sign:
Lastly, all the info about our application can be found out in newly added INFO tab.
If you encountered any questions and seeking for helps, please reach out to us at
SEGroup16.2021@gmail.com
Alternatively, you can contact any of the team members listed below.
Arjun Madhusudan Ramya Sai Mullapudi Lakshmi Swetha Gavini Rohan Prabhune Saurabh Krishna