A simple REST API for adding consumed food items to database. Keeps track of four pieces of information:

1. A title
2. A summary
3. Calories
4. Date & time consumed

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The captured information goes into the database and is used for calculating various bits of information, such as calories.

The title referred to above is a simple way of referring to the meal consumed. Ideally it should be a single word. Examples includes:

• "salmon-salad"
• "cashews"
• "cheddar-cheese"

Titles should be simple and concise so they can be easily remembered and used again later.

The summary is more detail and is generally used for ingredients. For example (following on from above):

• "spinach, snow peas, red onion, green pepper, avocado"
• "honey roasted cashews"
• "cheddar cheese on water crackers"

The summary gives you a bit more detail, but should also be concise. The formatting isn't important at this point and the user is free to supply whatever text they like.

The calorific value of the meal consumed. This can be left out and will default to zero (0).

This is handled automatically by the client.

• User registration and management
• Social aspects, such as sharing profiles
• Meal weight in grams
• Meal count - how many items did you consume?
• Tie into the US food database for nutrient data
• Automatic timer/ticker for sending emails at time interval

• Refine options
• Full editing of food database

• Refine model structure
• Get MySQL in place for a stronger engine
• Gather food database

Michael Crilly