FoodFinder-Recipeapp 🍳

A modern recipe management application that lets users discover, create, and share recipes. Built with Node.js, Express, and PostgreSQL.

Features 🌟

• Recipe Management

  • Create and share recipes
  • Browse recipes by categories
  • Save favorite recipes
  • Filter by meal type, ingredients, and dietary preferences

• User Features

  • User profiles with saved recipes
  • Follow other chefs
  • View cooking history
  • Personal recipe collections

• Categories

  • Meal Types (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
  • Main Ingredients (Beef, Chicken, Lamb, Pork, Seafood)
  • Course Types (Starter, Side, Dessert)
  • Dish Types (Pasta)
  • Dietary (Vegetarian, Vegan)

Installation 🚀

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/AD-archer/FoodFinder-Recipeapp.git
cd FoodFinder-Recipeapp

2. Install dependencies

npm install

3. Create a .env file in the root directory with:

DATABASE_URL=your_postgresql_url
SESSION_SECRET=your_session_secret
NODE_ENV=development
PORT=2555

4. Start the development server

npm run dev

Database Setup 🗄️

Initialize the database with categories:

node seeders/categorySeeder.js

Or import sample recipes from MealDB:

node seedMealDB.js

Project Structure 📁

FoodFinder-Recipeapp/
├── config/          # Database and app configuration
├── models/          # Sequelize models
├── routes/          # Express routes
├── views/           # EJS templates
├── public/          # Static assets
├── seeders/         # Database seeders note: seedMealDB is placed in root to ensure that it is not used by accident 
└── server.js        # Application entry point

License 📝

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Author ✨

• A^2

Acknowledgments 🙏

• TheMealDB for recipe data
• Bootstrap for UI components
• Express.js community