recipe-ingredient-parser

Natural language parser for recipes and lists of ingredients. Can parse a string into an object and also combine an array of these ingredient objects.

To install

npm install recipe-ingredient-parser or yarn add recipe-ingredient-parser

To use

import { parse } from 'recipe-ingredient-parser';

And then use on a string, for example: parse('1 teaspoon basil');

Will return an object:

{
  quantity: 1,
  unit: 'teaspoon',
  ingredient: 'basil'
};

Combine ingredient objects

combine([{
  quantity: 1,
  unit: 'teaspoon',
  ingredient: 'basil'
},
{
  quantity: 1,
  unit: 'teaspoon',
  ingredient: 'basil'
}]);

Will return

[{
  quantity: 2,
  unit: 'teaspoon',
  ingredient: 'basil'
}]

Unicode Fractions

Will also correctly parse unicode fractions into the proper amount

Development

Clone the repo and yarn to install packages. If yarn test comes back good after your code changes, give yourself a pat on the back.

Natural Language Parsing

This project uses Natural, for more information, see https://dzone.com/articles/using-natural-nlp-module

Publishing

Checkout https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/publishing-npm-packages for more info