This page is made to explain the exchange formats used by RecetteTek

RTK format (.rtk)

Files with the .RTK extension are zip archives to be used by users of the RecetteTek application.

MyFile.rtk
├─ 827b9895-08cf-44e4-940b-728096968d4f.png //[uuid].png
├─ fc82033f-f5dd-4cfb-bb47-79e67d77aea9.png //[uuid].png
├─ recipes_0.json //max 400 recipes by file
├─ recipes_1.json //max 400 recipes by file
├─ recipes_2.json //max 400 recipes by file
├─ categories.json
├─ tags.json
├─ calendar.json

Sync folder

When you use synchronisation in RecetteTek application, the pictures and a recettetek.data file are present in your sync folder. recettetek.data is also a zip archive. The sync folder is use only for sync process, it is not meant to be changed by users

├─ 827b9895-08cf-44e4-940b-728096968d4f.png //[uuid].png
├─ fc82033f-f5dd-4cfb-bb47-79e67d77aea9.png //[uuid].png
recettetek.data
├─ recipes_0.json //max 400 recipes by file
├─ recipes_1.json //max 400 recipes by file
├─ recipes_2.json //max 400 recipes by file
├─ categories.json
├─ tags.json
├─ calendar.json

Recipe file(s) : recipes_n.json

This file is a json array that contains max 400 recipes by file

You can use \n character to make a new line in alphanumeric fields

• title (required): recipe title
• description: recipe description
• preparationTime : recipe preparation time
• cookingTime: recipe cooking time
• inactiveTime: recipe inacative time
• totalTime: recipe total time (Integer)
• ingredients: recipe ingredients
• instructions: recipe instructions
• pictures: array contains zero or more pictures names
• url: url of recipe
• video: video of recipe (youtube support)
• notes: recipe notes
• cookware: recipe coookware
• nutrition: recipe nutrition
• favorite: is a favorite recipe (Boolean)
• rating: recipe rating (Float)
• categories: array contains zero or more Category
• tags: array contains zero or more Tag
• uuid: unique identifier of recipe (Integer)
• lastModifiedDate: recipe last modification date (YYYY-MM-DD HH:hh:ss)

Example :

[
    {
       "title":"Title",
       "description":"Description",
       "preparationTime":"10",
       "cookingTime":"15",
       "inactiveTime":"12",
       "totalTime":"37",
       "quantity":"5",
       "ingredients":"ingredient1\ningredient2\ningredient3\n",
       "instructions":"instruction1\ninstruction2\ninstruction3\ninstruction4\n",
       "pictures":[
          "827b9895-08cf-44e4-940b-728096968d4f.png",
          "fc82033f-f5dd-4cfb-bb47-79e67d77aea9.png"
       ],
       "url":"https://en.m.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Apple_Pie_I",
       "video":"https://youtu.be/NpEaa2P7qZI",
       "notes":"Comments",
       "cookware":"Cookware",
       "nutrition":"Nutrition",
       "favorite":true,
       "rating":3.0,
       "lastModifiedDate":"2020-09-10 08:39:09",
       "uuid":-1954851494,
       "categories":[
          {
             "title":"Categ1"
          },
          {
             "title":"Categ2"
          }
       ],
       "tags":[
          {
             "title":"tag1"
          },
          {
             "title":"tag2"
          }
       ]
    }
 ]

Category file : categories.json

TODO

Tag file : tags.json

TODO

Calendar file : calendar.json

TODO

Picture file(s) : [uuid].png

TODO