@mediavine/recipe-ingredient-parser v2.0.1

recipe-ingredient-parser

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.

To install

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

To use

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 ingredient objects

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

Will return

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

Unicode Fractions

Will also correctly parse unicode fractions into the proper amount