When you say "Vanilla PHP", do you mean without a framework? If so, is there a reason you avoided frameworks?
Show HN: Recipe search engine, built in vanilla PHP
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Re: Show HN: Recipe search engine, built in vanilla PHP
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No, you do not have to give attribution to a source if you simply copy the list of ingredients and steps. https://copyrightalliance.org/are-recipes-cookbooks-protecte... . However you should be careful not to copy the blog text or the _images_ from a recipe website, because those require you to get permission from the author for resharing.
Thanks, how were you able to get the images on your site? You got permission?
I plead the 5th.
We have it as a backlog item to take pictures of all the recipes as made in our kitchen, we just haven't gotten around to making a good lighting set up.
Re: Show HN: Recipe search engine, built in vanilla PHP
#33When you say "Vanilla PHP", do you mean without a framework? If so, is there a reason you avoided frameworks?
Yes, just raw plain PHP (no frameworks like LaRavel). Mainly because I just wanted to start building it with what I know and didn't want to spend weeks/months learning a new framework.
Re: Show HN: Recipe search engine, built in vanilla PHP
#34What I would love to find is a database of recipes so that I could build my own front end.
I think there's tons of recipe api's out there. Check out RapidAPI: https://rapidapi.com/hub
Re: Show HN: Recipe search engine, built in vanilla PHP
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Thanks, how were you able to get the images on your site? You got permission?
I plead the 5th. We have it as a backlog item to take pictures of all the recipes as made in our kitchen, we just haven't gotten around to making a good lighting set up.
Gotcha! :)
Re: Show HN: Recipe search engine, built in vanilla PHP
#36Recipe search engines are fast becoming the new todo list. And each one seems to forget that the recipe wiki is right there with an API and four to five figures of structured data content, and so it becomes this futile exercise in CRUD and UI.
What is the URL for the recipe wiki?
Re: Show HN: Recipe search engine, built in vanilla PHP
#37I'd be interested in hearing more about how you built the search. I keep my own personal cookbook online with a search and I'm curious how others implement theirs. For me, after getting tired of the slow SQL text search queries, I made a search index of 3-grams using the title and ingredients text and that's worked great for ~100 recipes, and also has the benefit of being fuzzy. But I don't know much about alternativ…
Hi there - unfortunately, I use a slow SQL text query + ajax to display results below search bar. I have a small database so it's fine for now, but expect I'll need an alternative method as it grows.
If you're using Postgres, it has very acceptable fulltext search builtin that will take you very far.
Re: Show HN: Recipe search engine, built in vanilla PHP
#38I like being able to filter by country. The small, succinct list of overly delicious Canadian recipes made me proud :')
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#39I like being able to filter by country. The small, succinct list of overly delicious Canadian recipes made me proud :')
Thanks! That's one thing I didn't see on other sites...a comprehensive list of countries w/ sub-categories.
Re: Show HN: Recipe search engine, built in vanilla PHP
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Hi there - unfortunately, I use a slow SQL text query + ajax to display results below search bar. I have a small database so it's fine for now, but expect I'll need an alternative method as it grows.
If you're using Postgres, it has very acceptable fulltext search builtin that will take you very far.
Thanks for the tip.