gowheresia

A web-app made with python to search about places of interests near you

How to Run:

1. Install and extract repo
2. Install Python 3 from https://www.python.org/downloads/
3. Install VS Code
4. Set-up a virtual environment if needed
5. Run the following command: pip3 install -r requirements.txt
6. Log in to Tripadvisor to create your API key at https://www.tripadvisor.com/developers?screen=credentials
7. Replace the API key with the one you created in the main.py file
8. Run the following command on your terminal in the main directory: flask run
9. You are done. The website will open up.

Purpose of this Web-App

When we travel overseas, it can be difficult and overwhelming when we would like to find points of interests near a certain location. This web-app allows users to search for interesting places near a location and find out more about it.

How to use

Simply search the location and you will be able to see a list of POIs.

Contributors

Aslam ([email protected]) Benson Ang ([email protected]) Rayyan Ismail ([email protected]) Joel Ang ([email protected])

Credits

TripAdvisor's Location API

Done during LifeHack 2023, a hackathon organized by NUS Computing Club.