Under the brand name KicksCookout, I developed and distributed several Java applications that automated web tasks. This series of projects included a number of user-end applications as well as a few dashboard applications.

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Verified Nike Account Generator: Created Nike accounts and mobile verified them using SMS verification services. Also randomly selected and liked Nike products.
Email Account Generator: Created outlook accounts and took user input to solve captcha.
Nike Checkout Bot: Added products to cart and checked out using product URLs.

Java was used to develop all these branded applications. The end-user applications, developer dashboards, and the REST API were all coded in Java. I used JavaSwing to code the UI.

I created a user Authentication API to restrict who used my applications and connected it to a relational database. Using HTTP requests, SQL queries, and a MySQL database, the end-user applications granted (or denied) access.

Using the Selenium Package, the applications were able to automate inputs given an elements path in the HTML DOM. All of the applications required a good understanding of the HTML DOM in order to automate click and keyboard inputs.

Each end-user application made queries to a self-developed Authentication API. The applications also queried third party SMS verification services. In total, seven external APIs were used. The most difficult to implement was a service called TextVerified.

TextVerified API Documentation

NetBeans was used to develop the applications. Eclipse and Apache Tomcat was used to implement and deploy the Authentication API. MySQL Workbench was used to create the relational database that stored authentication information. Finally, Postman was used to test the Authentication API and the third-party APIs.

HTML was used to structure the Online Portfolio. Understanding the HTML DOM and nesting was important for organization and CSS compatibility.

JavaScript was used to create some of the animated features on the page as well as the portfolio color scheme swap. It was also used to make the interactables more engaging.

CSS was used to create an organized, aesthetic, and simple viewing experience. One emphasis of this Online Portfolio project was to utilize CSS keyframes to create engaging animated elements. Many of the animated features were created using CSS keyframes.

The IDE used to code the Online Portfolio was Microsoft Visual Studio.

Side Note: I really liked the downloadable apps. The preview app was very helpful.

I used Python and Flask to write the API that would update my GitHub game frames.

I've made this project public on my GitHub account so that others can use it!

I deployed the web service on Google Cloud Platform using an Ubuntu F1-Micro Instance. I used GCP's SSH-in-browser tool to transfer the files from my local device onto the instance. Finally, I was able to deploy the app using gunicorn and nginx.