Problem
Manually checking Amazon for price drops on a product of interest is tedious. Could a script scrape prices daily and alert me only when a threshold was met?
Approach
- Built a web scraper to extract product name and price
- Stored daily snapshots in a CSV file for history
- Automated daily runs with email alerts on price drops
Result
A hands-off price monitoring system that emails a direct product link whenever the price falls below a configured threshold — practical automation with real utility.
Stack
- Python
- Web scraping libraries
- CSV storage · Email automation
Why build this?
This project combines data extraction, persistence, and notification — the same pipeline pattern used in monitoring systems I’ve built professionally. Start with a data source, store history, define a rule, and alert when conditions are met.