🍽️ Smart Recipe Finder

A full-stack web application built with React (JavaScript) on the frontend and Python with SQLite on the backend. Users can input ingredients and get smart recipe suggestions using the Spoonacular API. Each recipe includes a preview image, preparation time, basic info, and a link to full instructions. Registered users can also save their favorite recipes.

This application includes a clean and minimal UI with support for both light and dark mode, as well as the ability to switch languages between English and Serbian.

Features

• 🔍 Ingredient-based recipe search using Spoonacular API
• 🌓 Light / Dark mode toggle
• 🌐 Language selection (English / Serbian)
• 🔐 User authentication (registration & login)
• 📌 Favorite recipe saving (for logged-in users)
• 💻 Responsive and professional user interface

Tech Stack

• Frontend: React, JavaScript, CSS
• Backend: Python, SQLite
• API: Spoonacular API

Getting Started

Make sure you have Node.js, npm, and Python 3+ installed on your machine.

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/your-username/smart-recipe-finder.git
cd smart-recipe-finder

2. Start the backend (in the server directory) :

cd server

node app.js

Start the frontend (in a new terminal window):

cd client

npm install

npm start

The frontend should now be running at: http://localhost:3000 API Key Setup To use the Spoonacular API, you'll need to sign up at https://spoonacular.com/food-api and obtain a free API key. This key should be stored in your backend code or loaded from environment variables, depending on your setup.

Feel free to open issues or contribute to the project. Made with ❤️ by little-software-engineer