Expenses App

A powerful solution for managing and tracking your expenses over time.

Overview

The Expenses app is a multi-service platform that helps users seamlessly manage, view, and analyze their expenses. It provides a full-stack system with backend services, web scraping, and a user-friendly single-page application (SPA) for managing finances.

Services

1. Server

• Exposes a REST API with token-based authentication for secure access to user data.

2. MainSwitch

• Acts as the central entry point, handling routing between services and authenticating requests with tokens.

3. Lambda-Scraper

• A web scraper that runs locally or in AWS Lambda, automatically downloads the latest .xlsx expense file, and uploads it to an S3 bucket for further processing.

4. lambda-data-upload

• A job that retrieves the latest file from S3 and updates the expenses database by comparing new entries with the existing data.

5. Client

• A single-page application (SPA) providing an intuitive interface to view and manage your expenses. Key features include:
  • Expense summary and insights.
  • Monthly progress tracking and management.
  • Detailed expense tables.

Upcoming Features

• Registration, Login & Quiz Services: In-progress development of services for user onboarding, authentication, and a personalized quiz to enhance the user experience.