grocipe_backend

project instructions:

• this project can run locally.

• to run this project locally you need to make sure you have npm, nodejs,mongodb preinstalled in your machine.

• make sure to create your own .env files and fill the required variables such HOST,PORT,Database URI, API key for spoon

• to benign with the project please run the following commands:

  • npm run setup it will update npm and install the required packages.
  • npm run dev to run the server in development mode in your own machine.
  • npm run start:prod to run the server in production mode.

• to do request with the spoon api you need an api key, please visit this and acquire an api key and put it in the .env files.

Endpoints used in the iOS application:

I have created simple iOS app demonstrate the backend functionalities, I mainly used the following endpoints

• /searchByIngredients which is search for recipes by ingredients, it is validated using express validator. To call this endpoint you need the following body:

  •   {"ingredients":["rice", "apple"], "number": 100} 

  • {"ingredients":["rice", "apple"], "number": "100" , "limitLicense": "true", "ranking":1, "ignorePantry":true}

  • Note that keys limitLicense, ranking, ignorePantry , are optionals

• /searchIngredientsById/:id which will search for recipe by its id and get its details such as image,name,preparation plan and time this end point only takes query, /searchIngredientsById/123 in that case the id is 123

Code documentation:

The code well written and documented using jsDocs, and following MVC architecture.