The Spicy, Gluten/Dairy-Free Recipe Finder

(using the Spoonacular API) https://github.com/leighanne77/SimpleAPISpicyRecipeGenerator

If you want to try this "live" right now, it is running on seenode: https://web-e1jordiwskf3.up-de-fra1-k8s-1.apps.run-on-seenode.com/

A flask application that fetches and filters main menu recipes using the Spoonacular API, specifically geared to retrieve spicier meals - with no gluten or dairy, nor pork or red meat. This app does not produce: side dish recipes, salads, soups, or beverages.

1. Set Up: Get a Spoonacular API Key

   • Sign up at spoonacular.com
   • Go to Spoonacular Food API
   • Click "Start Now"
   • Navigate to "Profile & API Key"
   • Generate and immediately copy your own API key, save it

2. Set Up the Project

Terminal: git clone https://github.com/leighanne77/SimpleAPISpicyRecipeGenerator.git cd SimpleAPISpicyRecipeGenerator

VS Code (Mac): Make sure you have Python then... python -m venv venv source venv/bin/activate

pip install -r requirements.txt

create .env (in the project root) then add Spoonacular API key to an .env file

SPOONACULAR_API_KEY=your_api_key_here

Test the Setup

python test.py python test_api.py

Run the Application

python spoonacular_app.py

Project Structure

• app.py: Main application file
• test.py: Test utilities
• test_api.py: API testing and validation
• config.yaml: Configuration settings
• requirements.txt: Project dependencies