https://github.com/whistler/Fatsecret

A Ruby Gem for FatSecret API
https://github.com/whistler/Fatsecret

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A Ruby Gem for FatSecret API

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/whistler/Fatsecret
• Owner: whistler
• Created: 2012-03-10T03:07:16.000Z (over 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-07-12T20:34:53.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-07-17T19:15:14.755Z (4 months ago)
• Language: Ruby
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• Size: 34.2 KB
• Stars: 15
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 23
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: README.md

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FatSecret Gem

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Introduction

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Access nutritional information from FatSecret. You need to register with FatSecret to get

a key and secret. At the moment you can search for food and get its nutritional information,

however FatSecret provides much more then that, which has not been implemented in this gem.

Installation

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If you are using bundler, you put this in your Gemfile:

    source :rubygems

    gem 'fatsecret-api'

    

Then run bundle install

Useage

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To use it tell the gem your authentication details:

    require 'fatsecret'

    FatSecret.init(FATSECRET_KEY,FATSECRET_SECRET)

Search for food, use the following:

    FatSecret.search_food('milk')

To get nutritional information for food you found through food search, you have to provide

the food method with the food id:

    FatSecret.food(800)

Search for Recipe:

    FatSecret.search_recipes('chicken',50)

Get a particular recipe if you know its id:

    FatSecret.recipe(84411)

CONTRIBUTIONS

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Any contributions to improve this gem are welcome.