Recipe Recommendation API

The Recipe Recommendation API is a backend application for discovering, managing, and recommending recipes. It offers personalized recommendations, ingredient-based filtering, and advanced search capabilities to simplify recipe discovery and enhance user engagement.

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Features

• User Management:

  • Secure user registration and login with token-based authentication.
  • Save and manage favorite recipes.

• Recipe Management:

  • Create, view, update, and delete recipes.
  • Filter recipes by ingredients.
  • Search recipes by titles or keywords.

• Personalized Recommendations:

  • Suggest recipes based on user-provided ingredients.
  • Match recipes using ingredient similarity scoring.

• Feedback and Ratings:

  • Collect and display user feedback for recipes.
  • Highlight top-rated recipes.

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Tech Stack

• Backend: Django REST Framework
• Authentication: Token-based authentication (DRF Tokens)
• Similarity Scoring: RapidFuzz
• Database: SQLite (can be switched to PostgreSQL or MySQL)

API Endpoints

Endpoint	Method	Description
/register/	POST	Register a new user
/login/	POST	Login and receive an auth token
/recipes/	GET	List all recipes
/recipes/	POST	Create a new recipe
/recipes/<id>/	GET	Retrieve a recipe by ID
/recipes/<id>/	PUT	Update a recipe by ID
/recipes/<id>/	DELETE	Delete a recipe by ID
/recipes/search/?q=<query>	GET	Search recipes by title
/recipes/filter/	GET	Filter recipes by ingredients
/recommend/	POST	Recommend recipes by ingredients
/recipes/top/	GET	Get top-rated recipes
/recipes/<id>/feedback/	POST	Add feedback to a recipe
/user/saved-recipes/	GET	List user-saved recipes
/user/saved-recipes/	POST	Save a recipe for the user