Recipe API

Status

Open to develop

Submitted

The Recipe API Actor is a web scraping tool designed to extract recipe data from popular cooking websites and food blogs. It transforms unstructured recipe content into a clean, standardized JSON format. This actor navigates through recipe pages and automatically parses ingredients, cooking instructions, preparation times, nutritional information, and user ratings into structured data that can be easily integrated into applications or databases.

Key features

  • Multi-site recipe extraction: Supports major platforms like AllRecipes, Food Network, and Epicurious.
  • Ingredient standardization: Automatically standardizes ingredient quantities and units.
  • Image URL extraction: Extracts and optimizes recipe image URLs.
  • Data validation: Ensures recipe completeness and accuracy.

Target audience

This Actor is perfect for food app developers building recipe recommendation systems, meal planning startups needing extensive recipe databases, content creators and food bloggers aggregating recipes for comparison, and nutrition researchers analyzing cooking trends and dietary patterns.

Benefits

  • Saves time by eliminating manual recipe data entry.
  • Provides access to thousands of recipes in a standardized format ready for immediate use.
  • Reduces development costs for food-related applications.
  • Facilitates the creation of comprehensive recipe databases for commercial or research purposes without dealing with complex web scraping infrastructure.

This is just an idea. You’re free to adapt it, expand on it, or take it in a completely different direction. Treat it as inspiration, not as rules, endorsement, or guidance.

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