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Recipe.ai is a full-stack web application that lets you describe ingredients you have at home (or snap a photo of them) and instantly get a professional, step-by-step recipe generated by Google Gemini AI. Beyond recipe generation, it's a complete culinary ecosystem with a marketplace, blog platform, and admin dashboard.

• Text-based — type your ingredients, get a complete recipe instantly
• Image-based — upload a photo of your fridge or ingredients, AI identifies them and crafts a recipe
• Powered by Google Gemini API
• Saves full recipe history per user

• Browse premium, chef-curated ingredients
• Filter by category and price range
• Cart management with real-time quantity updates
• Full checkout flow with GST calculation
• UPI QR code on the bill for payment

• Save and edit delivery address from your profile
• Address is required before checkout (gate enforced)
• Address shown on the bill during payment

• Users can submit culinary articles and tips
• Admin approval workflow (pending / approved / rejected)
• Filter by category, search by keyword
• Featured post support

• Recipe count, membership duration stats
• Saved delivery address management
• Full order history with expandable item details

• JWT-based auth (register / login)
• Role-based access: user and admin
• Admin panel for managing users, orders, blogs, and products

• KPI stats: total users, revenue, recipes, pending blogs
• Manage all users, orders, products, and blogs
• Toggle product stock, update order status, approve/reject blogs

recipe.ai/
├── Recipe-Generator/
│ ├── main.py # FastAPI app — all routes
│ ├── database_sql.py # SQLite wrapper class
│ ├── APIConnect.py # Gemini API integration
│ ├── security.py # JWT, password hashing
│ └── database/
│ └── data.db # SQLite database (auto-created)
│
├── recipe-chef-frontend/
│ ├── app/
│ │ ├── page.tsx # Landing page
│ │ ├── layout.tsx
│ │ ├── globals.css 
│ │ ├── auth/page.tsx # Login / Register
| | ├── admin-panel/page.tsx # admin dashboard
│ │ └── dashboard/page.tsx # Main dashboard
│ └── components/
│ └── Blogs.tsx # Blog component
│
└── README.md

Create a .env file in your backend directory:

GEMINI_API_KEY="your_gemini_api_key_here"

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/recipe.ai.git
cd recipe.ai

cd Recipe-Generator
pip install fastapi uvicorn python-jose passlib google-generativeai python-multipart
python database_sql.py # initializes the DB tables
uvicorn main:app --reload --port 8000

cd recipe-chef-frontend
npm install
npm run dev

http://localhost:3000

The FastAPI docs are available at http://localhost:8000/docs

Full interactive API docs: http://localhost:8000/docs