Finding beers by barcode

Idea Discussion in 'BeerAdvocate Talk' started by MutuelsMark, Sep 29, 2023.

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  1. MutuelsMark

    MutuelsMark Grand Pooh-Bah (5,787) Jan 23, 2015 Kentucky
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    Allow users or certain users to upload the barcode so beers can be found by scanning barcode within app.
     
    #1 MutuelsMark, Sep 29, 2023
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    Orca Grand Pooh-Bah (4,710) Sep 18, 2010 Washington
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    So I’m somewhere that sells beer and I pull out my phone and scan the bar code on a can, bottle, or box and it pulls up the beer’s profile page on BA?
     
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  3. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    This would require us to first build a BeerAdvocate app. Something that I'd love to revisit one day...
     
    #3 Todd, Sep 29, 2023
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  4. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    Yes, that's the general idea. And if it's the first time the barcode is scanned, we'd prompt the user to associate a beer with it and each subsequent scan would help validate the association.

    This is something that we were working on pre-Next Glass/pandemic. Unfortunately that beta app project is dead, but some of the bones are still there. We'll see...
     
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  5. MutuelsMark

    MutuelsMark Grand Pooh-Bah (5,787) Jan 23, 2015 Kentucky
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    yes exactly. If it isn’t already on BA then it can be added.
     
    #5 MutuelsMark, Sep 30, 2023
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