GottaGoNowApp: Bathroom Finder

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https://gottagonowapp.replit.app/

This app allows users to see public restrooms and hotels (that might have public bathrooms) within 1km of their location. It also allows you to search a location and see the same based on that. I built this using Replit Agent and refined it using Replit Assistant. For the API, I used OverPassAPI and OpenStreetMap.

After the Agent initially tried to build this using React, I switched over Python Flask and got it running much quicker. This seems to be recurring case with whatever I try to build and would be interested to know if anyone has experienced the same.

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This is amazing. I tested it out and it seems accurate for my neighbourhood! A creative idea which seems obviously useful in hindsight.

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Thanks for the feedback and testing. It’s good to know its working and loading in different areas.

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My pleasure. What are some of your plans for this app? It seems to work great so far. Interesting comment by the way regarding Python Flask vs. React. I will keep that in mind!

By the way, are you a programmer by background or are you new to all this? Your app looks quite polished!

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I’m not sure how much more I’ll change here. I actually started building this on the Replit mobile app when having a discussion with a friend about AI and wanted to show an example of how agents can code.

On the Flask vs. React choice. I think the Replit Agent will get better with more frameworks as times goes on. It is something I have found useful to be deliberate about depending on the kind of app you are using the agent to build.

I have never been a “pro developer.” Occasionally, I may have to write macros in Excel at my job, but beyond that no programming. This is the first project I have ever shared online so I appreciate having people take a look.

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Thank you for sharing! Great app and simple design. I noticed as well that flask and python works and deploys better then react and next js

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so cool. and the public restroom data comes from OpenStreetMap?

really guys, i love the apps you are coming up with.

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Yes. So its more limited then maybe Google Maps API would be, but it was quicker to set up and sometimes there could be more costs assocated with Google Maps API. I didn’t spend too long trying to determine which API to use and tried to push the agent to do most of the configuring.

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I hear you
Cool.

I made a few projects, still I lake sharing them here.
It’s fascinating for me what cool ideas people come up.

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Love this idea, really handy (and accurate for my location!). Will share in my Replit newsletter.

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Thanks! Let me know if you have any questions

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Literally such a funny but such a great idea honestly. Super useful!

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I would recommend few add-ons, last visit timestamp and may be photo upload to keep info about restrooms up to date

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Hey bro. I’ve been try to do a map based app too. But I encounter multiple errors when trying to use google maps api.

Could you please share a vid or explain how you got the map api to work with replit. Like how did you se it up

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Hello - I used Overpass API, not Google Maps API for building this. Overpass API did not require me to register or obtain and API key which made building with the Agent smoother.

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