Moe1211/open-egypt

Open-source digital infrastructure for Egypt. # Open Egypt Open-source digital infrastructure for Egypt. Built to make public-interest data accessible, structured, and usable. The first release exposes a **Car Prices API** covering the Egyptian market. --- ## What This Project Provides **Open Egypt** publishes normalized, queryable datasets through a public API, starting with car prices in Egypt. It is designed for: - Developers building consumer or analytics products - Researchers and journalists - Startups needing reliable baseline data - Anyone tired of scraping the same sites repeatedly The project is open-source and publicly accessible, with **rate limits enforced** to ensure fair use. --- ## Current Dataset: Car Prices The API provides structured access to: - Car brands - Models - Variants - Year-based pricing - Historical price entries - English and Arabic names Data is sourced from publicly available listings and normalized into a consistent schema. --- ## API Access ### Base Endpoints - **Search/Prices:** `/functions/v1/get-car-prices` - **Autocomplete:** `/functions/v1/autocomplete` ### Autocomplete API Provides real-time suggestions for brands and models. **Parameters:** - `q`: Search query (minimum 1 character) - `limit`: (Optional) Max number of results (default 10) **Response:** ```json { "suggestions": [ { "type": "brand", "label": "BMW", "value": "bmw", "meta": { "logo": "..." } }, { "type": "model", "label": "BMW X5", "value": "X5", "meta": { "brand": "BMW", "brand_slug": "bmw" } } ] } ``` ### Example Use Cases - Compare prices across brands and years - Build car search or comparison tools - Analyze market price trends - Power dashboards or internal tools The API is public and does not require authentication. Rate limits apply. --- ## Technical Overview (High-Level) - **Database:** PostgreSQL (Supabase) - **Execution:** Edge Functions - **Infrastructure:** Edge-first, backend-less - **Schema:** Strongly typed, normalized, versioned All application logic runs at the e …