ingredientparser

Ingredient Parser

Simple recipe ingredient parser. Parses a single line of text into a JavaScript Object that represents the best guess at what the ingredient line should be.

Works in any browser that supports Array.forEach, Array.reduce, and Object.keys.

Why?

I'm building a recipe management application and there were no good ingredient parsers in existence that worked in the browser. So, I wrote one.

Install

npm install ingredientparser

How

• Breaks up the input string on whitespace characters (space and tab)
• Checks for and concatenates numeric or fractional values
• Checks for optional or (optional)
• Checks for "to taste"
• Checks for text in ()'s to find preparation steps
• Removes all noise words
• Returns the resulting object

Input Schema

<amount> <unit> [of] (<prep>) <ingredient> optional|(optional) (<prep>)

Usage

var ing = require('ingredientparser');
console.log(ing.parse('1 cup brown sugar'));

Outputs:

{ amount: '1',
  unit: 'Cup',
  name: 'brown sugar' }

Tests

mocha test
or
npm test

Bug Reports

Found a bug, submit a new issue along with a failing test. If you feel really nice and want a thank you, submit a pull request to resolve it as well.