This page is made to explain the exchange formats used by My Recipe Box - 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 app, 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

Attribute Name	Description	Type	Required
uuid	Unique identifier of the recipe (dce2a77a-ff62-4a8c-a087-05d9300c6665)	String	Yes
title	Recipe title	String	Yes
description	Recipe description	String	No
preparationTime	Recipe preparation time	String	No
cookingTime	Recipe cooking time	String	No
inactiveTime	Recipe inactive time	String	No
totalTime	Total recipe time (in minutes)	Integer	No
ingredients	Recipe ingredients	String	No
instructions	Recipe instructions	String	No
pictures	Names of pictures	[String]	No
url	URL of the recipe	String	No
video	Recipe video	String	No
notes	Notes about the recipe	String	No
cookware	Cookware for the recipe	String	No
nutrition	Nutritional information of the recipe	String	No
favorite	Indicates if it's a favorite recipe	Boolean	No
rating	Recipe rating	Float	No
categories	Recipe categories	[Category]	No
tags	Recipe tags	[Tag]	No
lastModifiedDate	Last modification date of the recipe (YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss)	String	No

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":"dce2a77a-ff62-4a8c-a087-05d9300c6665",
       "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