README

RecipeScrapers is a PHP library that allows you to scrape and extract recipe information from somes cooking websites. It provides a simple and unified class to retrieve recipe details such as ingredients, instructions, cooking time, and more. This can be useful for building recipe apps, websites, or data analysis projects.

Installation

You can install RecipeScrapers using Composer:

composer require matteolore/recipe-scrapers

Usage

1. First, import RecipeScrapers class and create a scraper instance

use RecipeScrapers\RecipeScrapers;

$scrapers = new RecipeScrapers();

1. Then, call the getRecipe method, passing the url parameter, like this

$url = "https://www.example.com/recipe";
$recipe = $scrapers->getRecipe($url); // Returns a Recipe class if the url is correct

1. Finally, you can use the Recipe class to access all the available methods, such as getName, getIngredient, and more...

echo $recipe->getName(); // Returns the recipe name
echo $recipe->getIngredients();

Website available

RecipeScrapers currently supports these cooking websites:

• Marmiton
• GialloZafferano
• BlogGialloZafferano
• FattoInCasaDaBenedetta

Methods available

The Recipe class provides a variety of methods to access different aspects of the scraped recipe data. Here are the available methods:

Recipe class:

• getName -> Returns the recipe name.
• getAuthor -> Returns the author of the recipe.
• getDescription -> Returns the recipe description.
• getKeyword -> Returns the keywords associated with the recipe.
• getIngredients -> Returns an array of all ingredients.
• getIngredient -> Returns a specific ingredient by its index.
• getSteps -> Returns an array of all cooking steps.
• getStep -> Returns a specific cooking step by its index.
• getRecipeCuisine -> Returns the cuisine of the recipe.
• getCategory -> Returns the category of the recipe.
• getTotalTime -> Returns the total time required to prepare and cook the recipe.
• getCookTime -> Returns the cooking time for the recipe.
• getPrepTime -> Returns the preparation time for the recipe.
• getPerformTime -> Returns the performance time for the recipe.
• getYield -> Returns the yield of the recipe.
• getRecipeYield -> Returns the recipe yield.
• getImage -> Returns the URL of the recipe image.
• getVideo -> Returns a VideoObject class.
• getDateCreated -> Returns the creation date of the recipe.
• getDateModified -> Returns the last modification date of the recipe.
• getDatePublished -> Returns the publication date of the recipe.
• getSuitableForDiet -> Returns information about dietary suitability.
• getAggregaterating -> Returns a AggregateRating class.
• getCookingMethod -> Returns the cooking method used in the recipe.
• getEstimatedCost -> Returns the estimated cost of the recipe.
• getNutrition -> Returns nutritional information about the recipe.
• getTools -> Returns an array of tools required for cooking.
• getTool -> Returns a specific tool by its index.
• getSource -> Returns the source of the recipe.
• getJson -> Returns the raw JSON data of the recipe.
• getData -> Returns an array containing all the extracted recipe data.

VideoObject class:

• getName -> Returns the name of the video.
• getDescription -> Returns the description of the video.
• getThumbnailUrl -> Returns the URL of the video's thumbnail image.
• getContentUrl -> Returns the URL of the video content.
• getEmbedUrl -> Returns the embed URL for the video.

AggregateRating class:

• getRatingValue -> Returns the rating value.
• getReviewCount -> Returns the total number of reviews.
• getBestRating -> Returns the best possible rating.
• getWorstRating -> Returns the worst possible rating.

License

RecipeScrapers is distributed under the GNU General Public License v3.0. See LICENSE for more information.

Happy cooking and coding!