Natural language parser for recipes and lists of ingredients. Can parse a string into an object and also combine an array of these ingredient objects.

npm install recipe-ingredient-parser or yarn add recipe-ingredient-parser

import { parse } from 'recipe-ingredient-parser';

And then use on a string, for example: parse('1 teaspoon basil');

Will return an object:

{
  quantity: 1,
  unit: 'teaspoon',
  ingredient: 'basil'
};

combine([{
  quantity: 1,
  unit: 'teaspoon',
  ingredient: 'basil'
},
{
  quantity: 1,
  unit: 'teaspoon',
  ingredient: 'basil'
}]);

Will return

[{
  quantity: 2,
  unit: 'teaspoon',
  ingredient: 'basil'
}]

Will also correctly parse unicode fractions into the proper amount

Clone the repo and yarn to install packages. If yarn test comes back good after your code changes, give yourself a pat on the back.

This project uses Natural, for more information, see https://dzone.com/articles/using-natural-nlp-module

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