Task 6: Price Comparison via Auth Bot and Web Scraping

[akisma]

Priority: P2 - Medium
Estimate: 7 days
Dependencies: #61

Product Acceptance Criteria (Customer Value)

User Story: As a manager, I want to see where items are cheaper across vendors, so that I can make cost-effective purchasing decisions automatically.

Acceptance Scenarios:

• Price Comparison:
  Given multiple vendors with item pricing available,
  When viewing an inventory item,
  Then the system displays vendor prices and highlights the cheapest option.
• Auth Bot & Scraping:
  Given vendor websites requiring login,
  When comparing prices,
  Then the system authenticates and scrapes the pricing data securely.

Technical Implementation Checklist (Developer Tasks)

Description:
Build price comparison feature using web scraping and authentication bot to gather vendor prices for inventory items.

Technical Acceptance Criteria:

• Auth bot implementation for vendor site login
• Web scraping logic for price data
• Price display and selection UI
• Secure storage of credentials
• Error and edge-case handling
• Security: ensure safe credential management
• Full test coverage

Phase: 6 - Price Comparison (7d)
Epic: Vendor Price Intelligence

Definition of Done:

• Product acceptance scenarios validated
• All technical acceptance criteria completed
• Unit tests written and passing
• Integration tests written and passing
• Code reviewed and approved
• Documentation updated
• Deployed to staging and tested
• Performance benchmarks met
• Security review completed

Additional Notes:
Our mission: create a set of features to help chefs stay in the kitchen and not have to go to a computer to do their job.
This will be designed MOBILE FIRST! Two apps: chef mobile interface and CostFX manager laptop interface.