Recipe Management System

Recipe Management System is a personalized recipe platform that allows users to store recipes, define dietary preferences, track interactions, and get personalized recommendations based on health goals.

Sample Endpoint

Get All Recipes

Fetch all recipes, optionally filtered by tag.

Endpoint:

GET http://localhost:5000/api/Recipe?tag={tag}

Response (JSON):

[
  {
    "id": "recipe-guid",
    "title": "Grilled Chicken Salad",
    "calories": 350,
    "protein": 30,
    "fat": 15,
    "carbs": 20,
    "tags": "healthy,low-carb"
  }
]

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Database Design & Relationships

Core tables:

• Users – store user information, dietary preferences, and health goals.
• Recipes – store recipe details and essential nutritional information.
• UserRecipeInteractions – track actions such as Liked, Disliked, or Saved recipes.

Relationships:

• A User can interact with multiple Recipes.
• A Recipe can have interactions from multiple Users.
• UserRecipeInteractions acts as a many-to-many link table between Users and Recipes.

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Technical Details

• ASP.NET Core Web API - v8
• Entity Framework Core - v8 (Code-First)
• CQRS pattern with MediatR
• Repository Pattern
• FluentValidation for request validation
• SQL Server
• Mapster for entity mapping
• Swagger for API documentation
• Dependency Injection for services and repositories

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Get Started

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/recipe-management.git

2. Configure SQL Server in appsettings.json:

"ConnectionStrings": {
  "DefaultConnectionString": "Server=localhost;Database=RecipeDb;Trusted_Connection=True;"
}

3. Run the application:

dotnet run

4. Access Swagger UI:

http://localhost:5000/swagger/index.html