https://github.com/oscarbennich/website-project-idea
An idea for a website to check for "Dagens lunch" (meal-of-the-day) for different restaurants near your location (in Sweden). This would be accomplished mainly through integrating with the Google Maps API and then scraping the restaurant website.
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An idea for a website to check for "Dagens lunch" (meal-of-the-day) for different restaurants near your location (in Sweden). This would be accomplished mainly through integrating with the Google Maps API and then scraping the restaurant website.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/oscarbennich/website-project-idea
- Owner: OscarBennich
- Created: 2023-10-11T17:59:22.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2023-10-12T18:16:38.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-23T08:36:01.400Z (4 months ago)
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# Website project idea
An idea for a website to check for "Dagens lunch" (meal-of-the-day) for different restaurants near your location (in Sweden). This would be accomplished mainly through integrating with the Google Maps API and then scraping the restaurant website.
> Tagline: "Vad blir det till lunch? 🍔"
It should be possible to do this using:
- (a) Your current location + a range
- (b) Pick a location on a map + a range
- (c) Maybe choosing like a city from a list?
The results would then be shown in a list, starting with the restaurants that are closest.
Each item in the list should contain this information:
- The name of the restaurant
- The name and description of "Dagens lunch" (meal-of-the-day)
- Distance (in meters)
- Type of food/cuisine
- Address
- A link to the resturant website and/or menu
- Opening hours
- Rating
- Price level?
## Similar sites
### [lunchfindr.se](https://lunchfindr.se/)
- 🟢 Pros
- Looks nice aesthetically
- Can use your position (Google Maps integration)
- Displays "Dagens lunch" directly on the website
- You can select the day of the week
- 🔴 Cons
- It is NOT automatic but relies on manually adding restaurants and their menu
- List only contains 2 restaurants...
### [kvartersmenyn.se](https://www.kvartersmenyn.se/)
- 🟢 Pros
- Displays "Dagens lunch" directly on the website
- You can select the day of the week
- 🔴 Cons
- You can only select the city from a list (it contains a map but you cannot search for nearby restaurants)
- It is NOT automatic but relies on manually adding restaurants and their menu
- Looks bad aesthetically
### [veckanslunch.se](https://veckanslunch.se/)
- 🟢 Pros
- Looks nice(ish) aesthetically
- 🔴 Cons
- It is NOT automatic but relies on manually adding restaurants and their menu
- You can only select the city by searching for it (you cannot search for nearby restaurants)
- The search also doesn't seem to work...?
- Seems abandoned
### [lunchguidensverige.se](https://lunchguidensverige.se/)
- 🟢 Pros
- Contains a lot of restaurants
- You can select the day of the week
- 🔴 Cons
- You can only select the city from a list (it contains a map but you cannot search for nearby restaurants)
- It is NOT automatic but relies on manually adding restaurants and their menu
- Almost none of the restaurants actually display the actual "Dagens Lunch" (which defeats the purpose...)
- Looks bad aesthetically
### [uppsalalunch.se](https://www.uppsalalunch.se/restauranger/)
- 🟢 Pros
- Contains a lot of restaurants and information (part of city, lunch opening hours, what is included in the lunch,
- 🔴 Cons
- It is NOT automatic but relies on manually adding restaurants and their menu
- Seems abandoned
- Looks bad aesthetically
### USPs for "dagenslunch.se" (patent pending...)
- Automation:
- **Automatic updates of menu list thanks to Google Maps API + Website crawling**
- User friendly:
- See restaurants close to you, easier to use
- (If possible) allows you to see "Dagens lunch" directly on the Website
- Simple design and aesthetically pleasing (hopefully 🤞)
- Generally useful:
- Would be possible to use in all of Sweden, not just Uppsala
## Rough idea on how it could work
```mermaid
flowchart TB
1a(1a. Get current location)
1b(1b. Pick a location)
1c(1c. Choose a city)
1a & 1b & 1c --> 2(2. Choose radius)
2 --> 3(3. Create a `LatLng` object)
3 --> 4(4. Create a `PlaceSearchRequest`)
4 --> 5(5. Use the `nearbySearch` endpoint)
5 --> 6(6. Get an array of `PlaceResults`)
6 --> 7(7. Get website for each place)
7 --> 8(8. Crawl website for 'Dagens Lunch')
8 --> 9(9. Display results in list)
```
- (a) Get current location on Google Maps, convert to coordinates
- (b) Pick a location on Google Maps, convert to coordinates
- (c) Choose a city from a list, convert to coordinates
- Choose radius distance (or fall back to a default value)
- Create a [`LatLng` object](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/reference/coordinates#LatLng) from the coordinates
- Create a [`PlaceSearchRequest`](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/reference/places-service#PlaceSearchRequest) w/ these properties:
- `language`: "sv" ([supported languages](https://developers.google.com/maps/faq#languagesupport))
- `location`: The `LatLng` object
- `radius`: Radius (in meters)
- `rankBy`: RankBy.DISTANCE (get closer places first)
- `type`: "restaurant"
- Use the Google Maps API [`nearbySearch`](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/reference/places-service#PlacesService.nearbySearch) endpoint and send the created `PlaceSearchRequest`
- Get a response with a callback for getting an array of [`PlaceResult` objects](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/reference/places-service#PlaceResult)
- For each PlaceResult, get the [`website`](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/reference/places-service#PlaceResult.website) property
- Crawl the restaurant website and using some kind of reasonable algorithm, try to find if there is a "Dagens Lunch", get and save the data
- Display the information ("Dagens lunch", restaurant name, link, address, etc.) in a list on the website. Almost all this information can be taken from the `PlaceResult` object
### Regarding caching/saving data
- I should figure out how we can we cache/save data so that we can:
- (a) Not have to make the expensive Google Maps API request
- (b) Not have to do the resource intensive crawling of the restaurant websites
### Extra
- Give option to get directions directly to resturant:
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/api-picker
## Google Maps API documentation
### Getting started
- https://developers.google.com/maps/get-started
- [Tutorial for showing current location](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/geolocation)
### Relevant APIs and endpoints
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/api-picker
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/reference/places-service#PlacesService.nearbySearch
- [PlaceSearchRequest](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/reference/places-service#PlaceSearchRequest)
- [Place types](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service/supported_types#table1) (restaurant)
- [Coordinates & the "LatLng" class](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/reference/coordinates#LatLng)
- [Current Place](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/android-sdk/current-place)
### How to calculate distance
- https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/maps-platform/how-calculate-distances-map-maps-javascript-api
### ⚠ Cost ⚠
Because the "nearbySearch" feature spans all 3 Places Data SKUs, the price per 1000 requests will be $40 (!!):
- Place - Nearby Search (price starting at 0.032 USD per call)
- Basic Data (billed at 0.00 USD)
- Contact Data (price starting at 0.003 USD per request)
- Atmosphere Data (price starting at 0.005 USD per request)
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service/usage-and-billing#nearby-search
**This means that I can only make 5000 requests per month with the $200 of usage you get for free per month**
- https://mapsplatform.google.com/pricing/
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service/usage-and-billing/#data-skus
## Domain name
- https://se.godaddy.com/domainsearch/find?domainToCheck=dagenslunch