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Re: Show HN: Cinc – GitHub for recipes

#61

I'm working on a project and having a API for recipes would be great. I see there is a mention on your ToS but I don't see where you could access it?

It's undocumented, but feel free to check out the calls in your browser's debugger. There's no guarantee of API stability or token permanence at this point. So integrations are not advised yet.

Re: Show HN: Cinc – GitHub for recipes

#62

Looks great! I'm inclined to host my recipes there. But before I do that, what is the future for this site? * Do you monetize by getting a cut from the shopping cart? * Will I be able to easily download my data in the future, like I do with git repositories?

I built it primarily for myself. It's able to run on cheap hardware and is very lightweight, so I plan to keep it up indefinitely at minimal cost. I haven't begun looking into funding/monetization, but that may happen soon. All data is already available via the API, so at some point, there will be a "Download my data" feature.

Awesome, I'm in.

Re: Show HN: Cinc – GitHub for recipes

#63
post #39

this is a great idea. How many times have you looked at reviews on recipes.com or whatever and the first 10 include a half dozen substitutions, basically making a different end product entirely? each of those reviews could instead be a fork. awesome!

That's the idea. Still needs some work :)

Re: Show HN: Cinc – GitHub for recipes

#64

So I'm trying to submit my cheesy toast recipe as a test. Unfortunately, I can't: - "1 slice" (of bread) is not a valid quantity - "to taste" (of black pepper) is not a valid quantity Oh well. I guess I won't be using this then, at least not yet.

those can be handled:

1 | slice bread

(blank) | black pepper, to taste

Some aspects of the UI/UX still need work.

Thanks for the feedback.

Re: Show HN: Cinc – GitHub for recipes

#65
This looks great! Congrats on shipping!!

I like that you have a scaling feature. => https://www.cinc.kitchen/info/features

I know this may be too much to ask, but if you are taking requests, some basic nutritional info (ex: Protein content, avg. calories) might make it even more awesome for those of us tracking daily calories, protein (for atheletes etc). I understand things like sodium, fat might vary depending on how much salt or oil the person cooking the recipe uses, so maybe this might not be feasible to implement...

Re: Show HN: Cinc – GitHub for recipes

#70

Nice! It is clear you put a lot of care into this, and I am sure there is a bucket full of features you want to get to, but I have a big request. What I really want is one step beyond a place to store recipes. I want a meal planning site! I want to create a pool of recipes that we like, and plug in how often this week we will eat at home. Then outcomes a grocery list and a plan for each day. Maybe it even sees what w…

Maybe an ingredients.json instead of a package.json, sub versions with quantities, and then this becomes a constraint solver!
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