Recipe API

This is an open source recipe database and api.

Overview

• The recipes are stored in a postgres database with full-text search enabled
• The REST API powers the single-page-application front-end
• The seed data was collected from the NYT Cooking service

Technology

• python 3
• django 3
• django rest framework
• vue 2
• postgres

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Development

Start postgres:

docker-compose up -d postgres

Install python dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Create database and tables:

python manage.py migrate    

Create cache tables:

python manage.py createcachetable 

Create superuser for admin:

python manage.py createsuperuser

Scrape recipes:

python manage.py scrape --urls --recipes --images --ingest

Run web server:

DEBUG=1 python manage.py runserver

URL: http://localhost:8000

Deployment

Clone repo first.

Bring up everything:

docker-compose up -d

Deploy front-end updates:

git pull
docker-compose up --force-recreate -d recipes

Deploy front and back-end:

git pull
docker-compose up --build --force-recreate -d recipes

Force scrape:

docker-compose exec recipes python manage.py scrape --urls --recipes --images --ingest --force

Helpers

Clear cache:

docker-compose exec recipes python manage.py shell
from django.core.cache import cache
cache.clear()