🍳 SmartRecipe — AI-Powered Recipe Management Platform

A full-stack, intelligent recipe management web application built with FastAPI, MongoDB (Beanie), and Vue.js.
SmartRecipe lets users discover, create, and manage recipes — powered by AI-based recommendations, seasonal suggestions, and an interactive cooking chatbot.

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🌟 Overview

SmartRecipe transforms the way people explore food.
Users can securely log in using OTP-based authentication, browse recipes, filter by cuisine or diet, and even chat with an AI bot to get personalized cooking tips, ingredient substitutes, or seasonal dish suggestions.

The application combines:

• 🧠 AI recommendations (TF-IDF + Cosine Similarity)
• 🔐 Secure JWT authentication
• 💬 Interactive chatbot assistance
• 🎨 Modern Vue.js UI with Vuetify

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🚀 Features

🔐 Authentication & Security

• Password-free OTP-based phone login
• JWT token authentication for session security
• Frontend and backend route protection
• Profile view via secure /users/me endpoint

🍲 Recipe Management (CRUD)

• Add new recipes linked to Cuisine, Category, and Diet
• View all recipes as cards with images and descriptions
• Single recipe page showing ingredients and cooking steps
• MongoDB document relationships handled by Beanie ODM

🔍 Search & Filters

• Faceted filtering by cuisine, category, or diet
• Full-text search on recipe names, ingredients, and descriptions

👤 User Personalization

• Dynamic greetings like “Welcome back, {username}!”
• User profile with phone, name, and email
• View history tracking with timestamps

🧠 AI-Based Recommendations

• Content-based filtering using TF-IDF + cosine similarity
• Cached model for fast retrieval of similar recipes
• Seasonal suggestions (e.g., soups in winter, salads in summer)

💬 Smart Chatbot

• Integrated chatbot with rule-based intent detection
• Handles:
  • Recipe search queries (“How to make pasta?”)
  • Ingredient substitutes (“Substitute for butter”)
  • Seasonal dish suggestions
  • Friendly greetings
• Ingredient chips on recipe pages open a dialog showing substitutes

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🧱 Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Frontend	Vue.js, Vuetify, Pinia
Backend	FastAPI (Python)
Database	MongoDB + Beanie ODM
Machine Learning	scikit-learn (TF-IDF, cosine similarity)
Auth & Security	JWT, Phone-based OTP
State Management	Pinia
Hosting (optional)	Render / Vercel / MongoDB Atlas

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⚙️ Installation & Setup

🖥️ 1️⃣ Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/SampurnaNiyogi/Smart-Recipe
cd SmartRecipe

🧩 2️⃣ Backend Setup

cd backend
pip install -r requirements.txt
uvicorn main:app --reload

💻 3️⃣ Frontend Setup

cd SmartRecipe
npm install
npm run server