CollegeChops

CollegeChops is a web application designed to help students discover, search, and share recipes that are easy to make and budget-friendly. Users can search for recipes in the database, upload their own recipes, and browse through a variety of dishes.

Features

• Recipe Search: Search for recipes by name. If a recipe is not found in the database, the app fetches it from an external API.
• Dynamic Database: The app fetches new results from the OpenAI API, ensuring a constantly evolving collection of recipes.
• Recipe Upload: Users can upload new recipes, including details such as ingredients, instructions, difficulty, and cost.
• Browse Recipes: Display recipes from the database on the home page, arranged in a user-friendly layout.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Python 3.x
• Flask
• SQLAlchemy
• Requests
• OpenAI API Key

Installation and Execution

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/CollegeChops.git
   cd CollegeChops
   

Installation and Execution

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/RecipeViewer.git
   cd RecipeViewer

2. Set up a virtual environment:

   python3 -m venv env
   source env/bin/activate

3. Install the required dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Set the OpenAI API Key as an environment variable (Please make sure you replace your_openai_api_key with your actual OpenAI API key):

   export OPENAI_API_KEY=`your_openai_api_key`
   

5. Run the app on your computer

   python flask-server/app.py

6. Running Tests

   python -m unittest test_app.py