I’m pretty new to Python. I’m trying to build a multiple choice quiz using Edamam API. It’s currently not flagging any errors but there has to be a neater way to ask the questions, I’m just stuck as some of them require pulling through data from Edamam.
import requests
def recipe_search(meal_type, ingredient, Health):
app_id = "..."
app_key = "..."
result = requests.get(
"https://api.edamam.com/search?q={}&app_id={}&app_key={}".format(ingredient, app_id,
app_key)
)
data = result.json()
return data["hits"]
def run():
meal_type = input("Are you looking for a particular type of meal?: ")
if meal_type == "yes":
input("Select an option from the following list:\n - breakfast\n - brunch\n - lunch\n - snack\n - teatime\n > ")
else: pass
Health = input("Do you have a dietary requirement?: ")
if Health == "yes":
input("Select an option from the following list:\n - vegan\n - vegetarian\n - paleo\n - dairy-free\n - gluten-free\n"
" - wheat-free\n - fat-free\n - low-sugar\n - egg-free\n - peanut-free\n - tree-nut-free\n - soy-free\n"
" - fish-free\n - shellfish-free\n >")
else: pass
ingredient = input("What ingredient would you like to use?:\n > ")
results = recipe_search(meal_type, ingredient, Health)
for result in results:
recipe = result["recipe"]
print(recipe["ingredientLines"])
print(recipe["label"])
print(recipe["calories"])
print(recipe["dishType"])
print(recipe["cuisineType"])
print()
run()
new_item = input("Add recipe to meal planner?:\n > ")
with open("recipe.txt", "r") as recipe_file:
recipes = recipe_file.read()
recipes = recipes + new_item + "\n"
with open("recipe.txt", "w+") as recipe_file:
recipe_file.write(recipes)
1 Answer 1
This is a good beginner project and a good API to practice writing a client.
Add type hints to your function signatures. Python has a weak type system, and the more you can do to strengthen it, the more you'll be able to perform meaningful static analysis and write self-documenting code.
Your program doesn't actually do what you intended. meal_type and Health aren't sent to the API, and even if they were, they would both be the string yes. You need to separate the "yes/no" variable from the "what" variable; the latter you are not assigning at all.
Consider using Edamam's V2 recipe API.
Pay attention to error values that the API may return, the easiest way being raise_for_status.
Delete your else: pass. Or, more likely, once you fix your health and meal assignments, the else will assign the default value for these variables, probably None.
From new_item onward, this is fairly puzzling: it might as well be an entirely separate program, as it doesn't use any of the results from your search to store in the file. It would probably a good feature to add: have the user enter the title of their chosen recipe, and store the entire rendered text of the recipe to the file.
Don't read the entire file; just open the file in append mode.
Suggested
from typing import Any
import requests
def recipe_search(meal_type: str, ingredient: str, health_restriction: str) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
with requests.get(
'https://api.edamam.com/api/recipes/v2',
headers={'Accept': 'application/json'},
params={
'app_id': '...',
'app_key': '...',
'type': 'any',
'mealType': meal_type,
'health': health_restriction,
'q': ingredient,
},
) as result:
result.raise_for_status()
data = result.json()
return data['hits']
def run_recipe_search() -> None:
has_meal_type = input('Are you looking for a particular type of meal? ')
if has_meal_type == 'yes':
meal_type = input(
'Select an option from the following list:'
'\n - breakfast'
'\n - brunch'
'\n - lunch'
'\n - snack'
'\n - teatime'
'\n > '
)
else:
meal_type = None
has_restriction = input('Do you have a dietary requirement? ')
if has_restriction == 'yes':
health_restriction = input(
'Select an option from the following list:'
'\n - vegan'
'\n - vegetarian'
'\n - paleo'
'\n - dairy-free'
'\n - gluten-free'
'\n - wheat-free'
'\n - fat-free'
'\n - low-sugar'
'\n - egg-free'
'\n - peanut-free'
'\n - tree-nut-free'
'\n - soy-free'
'\n - fish-free'
'\n - shellfish-free'
'\n >'
)
else:
health_restriction = None
ingredient = input('What ingredient would you like to use? ')
results = recipe_search(meal_type, ingredient, health_restriction)
for result in results:
recipe = result['recipe']
print(recipe['ingredientLines'])
print(recipe['label'])
print(recipe['calories'])
print(recipe['dishType'])
print(recipe['cuisineType'])
print()
def add_recipe() -> None:
new_item = input('What recipe would you like to add to your meal planner? ')
with open('recipe.txt', 'a') as recipe_file:
print(new_item, file=recipe_file)
if __name__ == '__main__':
run_recipe_search()
add_recipe()